HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 c562W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if the Air Accident Investigation Branch was able to extract a complete full authority digital engine control fault history from the digital electronic control unit that was destroyed on impact following the crash of RAF Chinook ZD576 in June 1994; [78422]

(2) if the full authority digital engine control system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 was validated before it was brought into operational service; [78423]

(3) if the surviving digital electronic control unit retrieved from the wreckage of RAF Chinook ZD576 in June 1994 had the capacity to record the complete full authority digital engine control fault histories of both engines. [78424]

Mr. Spellar

I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.