Kevan Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2016-02-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Significant Occurrence Notifications the Director of General Defence Safety Authority has been notified of which involved other nations’ military aircraft operating in the (a) Scottish Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region and (b) London Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region in each year since 2010; and what the (i) type of foreign military aircraft and (ii) country of origin was in each of those occurrences.
Penny Mordaunt
Since 2010 there have been no Significant Occurrence Notifications (SONs) involving other nations’ military aircraft in the Scottish Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region. Four SONs have been raised relating to other nations’ aircraft operating in the London Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region since 2010, all of which were notified to Director General Defence Safety Authority. These are detailed below:
Date of SON issue/ Event occurrence |
Aircraft Type |
Country of Origin |
Occurrence Type |
7 January 2014 |
HH-60G Pave Hawk |
USA |
Crash |
8 October 2014 |
F-15 Eagle |
USA |
Crash |
13 October 2015 |
Sea King CH-124A Mk3 |
Canada |
Maintenance accident |
21 October 2015 |
F/A-18C Hornet |
USA |
Crash |