Southend Airport: Accidents
Commons · Question 69244 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 2 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's polices on air travel safety of the plane crash at Southend airport in July 2025.
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 2 Sep 2025
I would like to reassure you that UK airspace and operators are among the safest in the world. However, we are not complacent, and the government is committed to maintaining and improving high safety standards in aviation in the UK and across the world.Th...