Air Misses (Hansard, 17 January 1996)

HC Deb 17 January 1996 vol 269 c579W 579W

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 9 January,Official Report, column 96, when he expects the study on the probability of a random mid-air collision to be completed. [9778]

§ Mr. Soames
The study should be completed by the end of this year.

§ Mr. Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the causes of the mid-air collision on 10 January involving two Tornado F3 fighters. [9693]

§ Mr. Soames
An RAF board of inquiry is investigating the cause of this accident. A copy of the summary of its findings will be placed in the Library of the House in due course.