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<p>The Department for Transport has recently commissioned an independent review into
the safety of recreational General Aviation. The review showed a continuous downward
trend in the number of accidents involving light aircrafts since the 1980s, and that
the number of accidents in the UK is lower than in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
The authors considered that the current safety level of recreational GA is acceptable
but made a number of recommendations. We will work with the CAA to consider the implications,
and will continue to keep all areas of safety policy under review.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding
third country registered aircraft based in the UK, the majority are non-complex aircraft
registered in the US, used for recreational aviation. Both the General Aviation safety
review and evidence from the CAA show there is no evidence that overall non-UK registered
aircraft are maintained to a lower standard than UK registered aircraft, and that
overall non-UK and European registered aircraft do not have a higher accident rate.</p><p>
</p><p>For these reasons, the Department for Transport does not consider there to
be a safety case to change the regulation of third country registered aircrafts operating
primarily in the UK. However, as highlighted above, we will continue to keep all areas
of safety policy under review.</p>
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