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Transport

Aircraft Safety

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information is held by the Civil Aviation Authority in relation to contaminated air incidents on British Aerospace BAE 146 aircraft between 28 January and December 2005. [70762]

Gillian Merron: The Civil Aviation Authority has 10 records in relation to incidents between 28 January and December 2005. These records are set out in a table, which has been placed in the Libraries of the House today.

 

AOPIS COMMENT

The Secretary of State for Transport provides the public with yet another piece of misinformation. The databases from the the 2 UK pilot unions BALPA and IPA show over 50 events so how can the CAA not know about these?