Written question asked by Lord Dodds of Duncairn (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 17 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 January 2015. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Air Misses
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving near misses have been reported in UK airspace in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The number of aircraft near miss events investigated by the independent UK Airprox Board (UKAB) in the last 5 years was 147 (2009), 167 (2010), 161 (2011), 161 (2012), and 172 (2013). The number of events reported to UKAB in 2014 up to the end of November was 212. Over the past 10 years, 67% of incidents investigated by UKAB have been assessed as carrying no risk.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 219073
- Session
- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Air misses
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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