§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and where the last major servicing of the recently crashed Nimrod was carried out; and if this was the responsibility of a civilian contractor. [27909]
§ Mr. SoamesThe Nimrod which ditched into the Moray firth on 16 May was on a routine test flight having just completed a major servicing at RAF Kinloss. As I made clear in my answer of 25 May to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark),Official Report, column 659, the servicing was carried out by RAF personnel.