§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will implement the safety recommendations resulting from the investigation into the crash of RAF Tornado ZD809 on 14 October 1999. [140439]
§ Dr. MoonieThe RAF Board of Inquiry recommended a thorough review of bad weather low-level abort procedures. This has been carried out and where appropriate guidance has been revised in the relevant publications.
The Board of Inquiry also recommended that the fitting of a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) to all RAF aircraft be considered. The Jaguar, Tristar and the C130J aircraft have all had GPWS fitted, and it is planned to fit such a system to the Tornado GR4, Harrier, Tornado F3 and Eurofighter. The installation of GPWS into other current RAF aircraft is not being pursued for a variety of reasons, such as the length of service life remaining and compatibility with their existing avionics packages.