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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes there will be in the level of actual parachute training as a result of the virtual reality simulator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes there will be in the level of actual parachute training as a result of the virtual reality simulator.
Asked by
Patrick Mercer
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Moonie
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 December 2002
For answer on
9 December 2002
Answered on
9 December 2002
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes there will be in the level of actual parachute training as a
result of the virtual reality simulator. [85653]
Dr. Moonie: The level of parachute training undertaken from aircraft has not changed as a result of the introduction into service of
the parachute Virtual Reality Simulator in 1999. The Virtual Reality Simulator enhances the training and safety of static line
square parachute courses, but does not reduce the number of descents or flying hours required to complete the static line square
parachute course.
Subjects
Armed forces; Training; Parachuting; Virtual reality
Date
9 December 2002
Reference
85653; 396 c17W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of each of Her Majesty's armed forces have died through parachute accidents in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Germany and (iv) other overseas postings in each year since 1990; and what rule procedural changes have been brought...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of each of Her Majesty's armed forces have died through parachute accidents in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Germany and (iv) other overseas postings in each year since 1990; and what rule procedural changes have been brought...
Asked by
Kevin McNamara
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Moonie
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 November 2002
For answer on
26 November 2002
Answered on
26 November 2002
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of each of Her Majesty's armed forces have died through
parachute accidents in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Germany and (iv) other overseas postings in each year since
1990; and what rule procedural changes have been brought about as a result of Board of Inquiry reports. [80683]
Dr. Moonie: Since 1990, 11 members of the armed forces have died as a result of parachuting accidents. To ensure that Service
personnel confidentiality is not compromised, it has been necessary to group the data by cause and year, and by location and year,
in the following tables:
Deaths due to parachute accidents by location: between 1 January 1990 and 15 November 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Great Britain Overseas
Royal Navy 1 0
Royal Marine 0 2
Army 1 5
RAF 1 1
Total 3 8
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Note: No deaths have occurred in Northern Ireland or Germany.
Deaths due to parachute accidents by year: between 1 January 1990 and 15 November 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
All deaths
1990 1
1992 1
1994 1
1995 1
1996 2
2000 2
2001 1
2002 2
Total 11
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Boards of Inquiry into military parachuting are conducted by the RAF, who have responsibility for conducting and regulating all
military parachute training by members of the armed forces.
There have been six completed Boards of Inquiry into these deaths. One Board of Inquiry is not yet complete, one death is pending a
decision as to whether a Board of Inquiry is appropriate and the status of one is unknown. As two deaths involved personnel who were
parachuting while off duty, Boards of Inquiry were not conducted.
The following procedural changes have been introduced as a result of these Boards of Inquiry: (a) Pre-sortie briefings given to the
safety boat personnel have been amended to be more specific on the recovery of parachutists from the water. (b) Regulations and
advice governing carriage of knives by parachutists and safety boat personnel have been amended. (c) Regulations have been amended
to make it mandatory for all parachutists using square parachutes to carry hook knives. (d) Regulations governing the preparation of
the parachutist's personal weapon have been amended to reduce the possibility of rigging lines snagging on the weapon. (e)
Pre-descent briefings to parachutists have been amended to include an explanation of the reasons for adopting a good position on
exit from the aircraft. (f) Pre-descent emergencies briefing to parachutists has been amended to include actions to be taken in the
event that the handle, which cuts away the main parachute and activates the reserve, becomes dislodged from its retaining pocket on
exit from the aircraft. (g) Guidance on writing air instructions has been amended to ensure that instructions reflect the full
nature of the activity to be undertaken. (h) Syllabus of training and pre-descent emergencies briefing to parachutists have been
amended to warn parachutists that the harness may ride up on deployment of the main parachute. (i) Syllabus of training and
pre-descent emergencies briefing to parachutists have been amended to instruct parachutists to make visual identification of main
parachute cut-away pad and reserve parachute handle before cutting away the main parachute and operating the reserve. (j) The
incident reporting system was amended to fall under the auspices of the Inspectorate of Flight Safety (now Defence Aviation Safety
Centre). (k) Syllabus of training and pre-descent briefings to parachutists have been amended to include action to be taken on
encountering turbulence close to the ground. (l) Pre-descent emergencies briefings to parachutists amended to include the
possibility of turbulence when winds are at the higher end of the permitted range. (m) Syllabus of training and pre-descent
briefings to parachutists amended to emphasise the minimum operating height of the handle, which cuts away the main parachute and
activates the reserve, through better use of visual stimuli.
Subjects
Armed forces; Death; Accidents; Inquiries; Parachuting
Date
26 November 2002
Reference
80683; 395 c179-80W;395 c179-81W
House
House of Commons