§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on actions taken by his Department in response to recommendation 92–7 of the air accidents investigation branch report No. 2/92.
§ Mr. SoamesMy Department, in conjunction with the Civil Aviation authority, has actioned the recommendation as follows:
- (i) Civil operators continue to be notified of intense military low flying through the notice to airmen system.
- (ii) Aeronautical information circular 63/1992 was published to provide civil users with information about the United Kingdom military low flying system, and advice on how to reduce the risk of confliction with military low-flying aircraft. a revised version, AIC 89/1993, was issued in June 1993.
Additionally, in response to recommendation 92–8 of the same Report, my Department has provided details, for inclusion on Civil Aviation Authority charts, of the 365W unidirectional flows which apply to military aircraft in areas of greatest density of activity or where activity is restricted to a narrow corridor between avoidance areas.
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what restrictions are imposed on the activation of on-board electronic counter-measures equipment by aircrew performing simulated low-level attacks on threat emitters located outside range areas in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. SoamesThere are strict procedures covering the activation of on-board electronic countermeasures equipment and no airborne jamming is permitted without prior authorisation having been granted or without two-way communications with the controlling authority.