Kevan Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2016-02-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many International Civil Aviation Organisation category (a) A and (b) B Airprox incidents there were in the (i) Scottish Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region and (ii) London Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region involved foreign military aircraft in each year since 2010; and in each of those incidents what the (A) type of foreign military aircraft involved and (B) country of origin was.
Mr Robert Goodwill
There were 2 Category (Cat.) (A) and 1 Cat. (B) Incident(s) in the Scottish Flight Information Region/Upper Information Region (Scottish FIR/UIR) and 1 Cat (A) and 4 Cat. (B) incidents in the London FIR/UIR.
The table below outlines the type of military aircraft involved in each incident in both regions since 2010.
|
Airprox No |
Date |
Risk |
Location |
Aircraft Type |
Country of origin |
|
2012060 |
27/04/2012 |
A |
LONDON FIR |
KC135 STRATOTANKER |
USA |
|
2015009 |
04/02/2015 |
B |
LONDON FIR |
F15 EAGLE |
USA |
|
2013037 |
16/05/2013 |
B |
LONDON FIR |
F15 EAGLE |
USA |
|
2015111 |
14/07/2015 |
B |
LONDON FIR |
C5 GALAXY |
USA |
|
2015123 |
30/07/2015 |
B |
LONDON FIR |
F15 EAGLE |
USA |
|
2012057 |
24/04/2012 |
A |
SCOTTISH FIR |
C130 HERCULES |
USA |
|
2010163 |
13/10/2010 |
A |
SCOTTISH FIR |
SAAB JAS39 GRIPEN |
Not recorded |
|
2013149 |
10/10/2013 |
B |
SCOTTISH FIR |
MIRAGE 2000 |
France |
The associated Airprox reports can be found on the UK Airprox board website (www.airproxboard.org.uk) under ‘Reports and Analysis’.
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