Aviation: Accidents

Graham Stringer
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many incidents were recorded of objects falling from commercial aeroplanes over the UK in each of the last five years; and how many such objects have caused (a) personal injury and (b) damage to buildings.

Paul Clark
The statistics requested are set out in the following table.

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|                                         |Reports|Damage|Injury|
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|Aircraft components (commercial aircraft)|       |      |      |
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|2010                                     |1—     |1—    |1—    |
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|2009                                     |4      |0     |0     |
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|2008                                     |5      |0     |0     |
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|2007                                     |3      |0     |0     |
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|2006                                     |1      |0     |0     |
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|2005                                     |4      |1     |0     |
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|                                         |       |      |      |
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|Ice (all aircraft)                       |       |      |      |
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|2010                                     |2      |2     |0     |
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|2009                                     |22     |13    |1     |
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|2008                                     |19     |11    |0     |
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|2007                                     |25     |17    |0     |
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|2006                                     |27     |17    |1     |
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|2005                                     |27     |18    |0     |
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|1 No reports so far                      |       |      |      |
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