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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979
NO CAUSE TO SUSPEND DC-10'S OPERATING TO HK
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THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION HAS CONTACTED ALL AIRLINES OPERATING SCHEDULED SERVICES INTO HONG KONG WITH DC-10 AIRCRAFT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THEY TOO WERE FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIVE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION,
THIS WAS STATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. D.G. JEAFFRESON, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. S.L. CHEN.
MR. CHEN ASKED WHAT MEASURES, IF ANY, WERE BEING TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND DC-10 FLIGHTS OVER HONG KONG FOLLOWING THE RECENT AIRCRASH IN CHICAGO.
MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THAT IN ALL CASES THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION WAS TOLD THAT EITHER THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN GROUNDED FOR INSPECTION OR THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN INSPECTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.
BEFORE THE TRAGEDY, HE WENT ON, THE DIRECTOR HAD ISSUED A PERMIT TO ONE OPERATOR WHO PROPOSED TO USE DC-10 AIRCRAFT FOR NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS.
+THE DIRECTOR IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE OPERATOR WHO CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIVE IN RESPECT OF THE AIRCRAFT CONCERNED, HE SAID.
+ IN RESPECT OF FUTURE APPLICATIONS FOR NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS INVOLVING DC-10'S, THE DIRECTOR WILL NOT ISSUE A PERMIT UNTIL HE IS SATISFIED THAT THE OPERATOR HAS COMPLIED WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S DIRECTIVE.
+IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION SEES NO CAUSE TO SUSPEND DC-10 AIRCRAFT OPERATING TO HONG KONG,+ HE ADDED.
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