Vol. 424 No. 8
156 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the conclusions, if any, she has reached in relation to the evidence regarding an aircraft accident (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
157 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the reason for a conflict between information provided by the Government Information Service and the British Ministry of Defence in relation to an aircraft accident (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
158 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has received a satisfactory explanation regarding the location of certain vessels at the time of the initial report of an aircraft accident (details supplied); if not, if she will now seek this information; and is she will make a statement on the matter.
159 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the significance of the orange anchor emblem on the extra aircraft wheel which did not belong to an aircraft (details supplied) but which turned up among wreckage of this aircraft at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
160 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the forensic testing which was carried out on the wreckage following an accident (details supplied); the evidence, if any, which emerged from such testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
161 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the identity of the ship, which passed between the wreckage of an accident (details supplied); if the crew of this ship was interviewed in relation to possible sighting of the wreckage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
162 Mr. Kemmy asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if, in relation to an aircraft accident (details supplied), and in view of the conflict between the transcripts of communications between the aircraft and the ground stations and the Inspector of Accident's report, she will confirm that the aircraft could make route directly from Youghal to Stumble; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
163 Mr. Kemmy asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has received any documentation since the publication of the Inspector of Accident's Report into an aircraft accident (details supplied) which indicates that the British Authorities considered this accident to have been one in which explosives were involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
164 Mr. Kemmy asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the exact location of an aircraft at the time of its flight radio report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
165 Mr. Kemmy asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the reason the search and rescue operations under the co-ordination of Royal Air Force Brawdy, Wales, following an aircraft accident (details supplied), was directed more towards the Welsh coast in view of the location of the aircraft when the distress calls were intercepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
166 Mr. G. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the evidence or information, if any, she has received since the publication of the Inspector of Accidents Report into an aircraft accident (details supplied) which is relevant in identifying the second aircraft heard and seen shortly before this accident; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
167 Mr. G. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if a series of faint mayday calls were picked up by rescuers after an aircraft accident (details supplied); if the source of these calls was identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
168 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the identity of the two surface vessels which were within 4 nautical miles of 51º 57' N - 06º 10' W, the position of the sighting of wreckage at 12.36 Greenwich Mean Time on 24 March 1968, as reported in the Inspector of Accidents Report in relation to an aircraft accident (details supplied); the type of wreckage sighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
169 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if an Irish trawler was chartered by four men during the search and recovery operation following an aircraft accident (details supplied); if she has any reason to believe that they were secret service agents of another administration; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 156 to 169, inclusive, together.
The Aer Lingus aircraft EI AOM which crashed off Tuskar Rock in 1968 with the loss of 61 lives was tragic.
