To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) near misses and (b) dangerous incidents involving military aircraft were reported in each year since 2007.
The number of hazards, observations, near misses and reportable incidents involving military aircraft that have been reported in each year since 2007 are shown in the following tables. They have been broken down by aircraft type. To provide further details of each of these events would, however, incur disproportionate cost.
A new system for capturing all flight safety events across the Defence aviation community, known as the Aviation Safety Information Management System, was introduced in 2009. This improved system has resulted in an increase in reporting.
Hazards/observations/near misses by aircraft type, 2007-10 | ||||
Aircraft | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010( 1) |
None(2) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 46 |
Alpha Jet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Apache | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Agusta | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
BAE 125 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
BAE 146 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bell | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
C17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
Chinook | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 |
Defender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Desert Hawk | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Dominie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Firefly | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Gazelle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Griffin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Harrier | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 |
Hawk | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
Hercules | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
Hermes | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 |
Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jaguar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jetstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
King Air | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Lynx | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
Merlin | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 |
Nimrod | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
Puma | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 |
Sea King | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 |
Sentinel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Sentry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Squirrel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Tornado | 0 | 0 | 27 | 41 |
Tristar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Tucano | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 |
Tutor | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
Typhoon | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
VC10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
Vigilant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Viking | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 2 | 292 | 369 |
(1 )Up to and including 31 May 2010. (2) 'None' covers those incidents where an aircraft was not involved eg during either maintenance of an aircraft component not fitted to an aircraft or involving a piece of Aircraft Ground Support Equipment. |
Events in the table above are described as hazards and cover those circumstances which have, or could have, resulted in an occurrence, or could throw light on the cause of an occurrence. An abridged definition of an occurrence is an unplanned event associated with the operation of an aircraft.
Reportable incidents by military aircraft type, 2007-10 | ||||
Aircraft | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010( 1) |
None(2) | 24 | 71 | 34 | 45 |
Alpha Jet | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Andover | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Apache | 72 | 134 | 125 | 86 |
Agusta | 8 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
BAE 125 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
BAE 146 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Bell | 18 | 43 | 57 | 23 |
C17 | 36 | 34 | 43 | 25 |
Chinook | 299 | 310 | 314 | 172 |
Defender | 40 | 32 | 10 | 17 |
Desert Hawk | 0 | 0 | 71 | 57 |
Dominie | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 |
Firefly | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
Gazelle | 44 | 45 | 15 | 12 |
Griffin | 91 | 67 | 110 | 56 |
Harrier | 79 | 172 | 219 | 111 |
Hawk | 294 | 242 | 187 | 119 |
Hercules | 342 | 329 | 152 | 114 |
Hermes | 0 | 25 | 21 | 9 |
Islander | 11 | 13 | 15 | 20 |
Jaguar | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Jetstream | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 |
King Air | 21 | 31 | 38 | 17 |
Lynx | 337 | 470 | 252 | 125 |
Merlin | 310 | 420 | 557 | 297 |
Nimrod | 177 | 122 | 29 | 22 |
Other | 16 | 21 | 55 | 18 |
Puma | 113 | 130 | 117 | 57 |
Reaper | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Sea King | 448 | 475 | 441 | 246 |
Sentinel | 13 | 17 | 20 | 8 |
Sentry | 67 | 42 | 22 | 13 |
Squirrel | 107 | 84 | 59 | 39 |
Tornado | 578 | 439 | 344 | 224 |
Tristar | 79 | 77 | 54 | 27 |
Tucano | 136 | 156 | 234 | 112 |
Tutor | 67 | 73 | 92 | 43 |
Typhoon | 153 | 187 | 202 | 89 |
VC10 | 96 | 93 | 46 | 31 |
Vigilant | 23 | 62 | 33 | 24 |
Viking | 13 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
Total | 4,196 | 4,502 | 4,026 | 2,312 |
(1) Up to and including 31 May 2010. (2) 'None' covers those incidents where an aircraft was not involved eg during either maintenance of an aircraft component not fitted to an aircraft or involving a piece of Aircraft Ground Support Equipment. |
A reportable incident is described as an occurrence involving an aircraft which results in the aircraft sustaining category 1, 2 or 3 damage; or in a person receiving a minor or slight injury; or which discloses a flight safety hazard or potential hazard. As the MOD damage categorisation system does not apply to civilian registered aircraft, the occurrence is to be classed as an incident if the damage is repairable by the contractor's aircraft maintenance staff at the aircraft operating location.
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