To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on air accident report 3/93; and what action he plans to take, and when, on the recommendations in this report.

This accident report, by my Department's air accident investigation branch (AAIB), relates to an incident on 9 March 1992, when an aircraft suffered damage soon after take-off from Frankfurt and diverted to London Heathrow. The AAIB has made a thorough analysis of this incident and its causes and consequences and have produced a valuable and comprehensive report.The AAIB has made two recommendations, directed at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). These recommendations have been accepted and the appropriate alterations will be included in the next amendment to the Manual of Air Traffic Control Part I, due on 28 June 1993.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date he sent a copy of air accident report 3/93 to the Library.

No copies of air accident report 3/93 were sent to the Library. Copies of AAIB reports are sent to the Library in the event of accidents and incidents likely to attract considerable public interest or where Members have indicated a particular interest in the investigation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many hon. Members were sent copies of air accident report 3/93 when it was published on 9 June.

None. The air accidents investigation branch (AAIB) send copies of their reports to all Members of Parliament who express an interest in a particular investigation.The AAIB published an interim bulletin on this accident in June 1992 but no Members indicated an interest in receiving a copy of the formal investigation report.