Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 27 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 October 2015. It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 November 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Aircraft: Accidents
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving aircraft there have been in the UK in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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Statistics for aircraft accidents in the UK are kept by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is required to investigate events which come within the definition of accident contained in Article 1 of the EU Regulation 996/2010. AAIB also investigates "serious incidents" as defined by the Regulation.
The table below sets out the number of investigations that the AAIB has undertaken. These includes investigations into serious incidents involving commercial air transport aircraft for the sake of completeness.
Year
No of AAIB Investigations Commenced
2014
236
2013
245
2012
264
2011
251
2010
248
CAA statistics differ slightly as they are based on reports made under the mandatory occurrence reporting requirements.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 13550
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Accidents Aircraft
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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