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Heathrow Airport: Low Flying

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 66458, tabled on 3 March 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential road safety implications of aircraft flying low over and alongside the M4 motorway in the event that a third runway is built at Heathrow Airport.

Answered on

8 March 2017

Safety and security are of paramount importance, these issues were considered by the Airports Commission and will be given due regard again at appropriate points in the process in light of established procedures and standards that apply to all airports.

Flightpaths for an expanded Heathrow have not been formulated and will be subject to consultation as part of the airspace change process.

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