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In August 1996, a Spanish [[Learjet]] operated by Mar Aviation overshot runway 25 and collided with a van heading eastward on the [[A40 road|A40]] Western Avenue; the aircraft was carrying an actress bound for Pinewood Studios in [[Buckinghamshire]]. The two pilots, the actress and van driver all suffered minor injuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-news/uxbridge-history/2008/06/16/when-the-learjet-came-down-it-really-was-a-case-of-hold-the-front-page-113046-21082526/
|title=When the Learjet came down it really was a case of 'hold the front page'|author1=Longhurst, Chris |author2=Fisher, Barbara |author3=Berry, Chris |date=16 June 2008 |work=Uxbridge Gazette |access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref> The ensuing investigation by the [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|Civil Aviation Authority]]'s [[Air Accidents Investigation Branch]] found that both the crew's lack of understanding English and military air traffic control procedures had contributed significantly to the crash. Subsequently, after some thirty years of protracted consideration, an ILS was eventually fitted to Northolt's redefined Runway 25. In addition, [[aggregate (composite)|aggregate]]-filled safety pits were installed at each end of the runway by 21 January 1998 to protect road users in the event of another [[business jet]] or military transport failing to stop or ascend before the end of the runway.<ref name="Bristow"/>{{rp|107}} The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] [[Transport Select Committee]] considered the conversion of RAF Northolt to a possible offshoot of Heathrow Airport in the 1990s. While the existing runways would cause aircraft to cross the flight paths of those using Heathrow, new parallel runways were suggested.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1998/jun/30/raf-northolt |title=RAF Northolt |date=30 June 1998 |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref> These suggestions were opposed by then [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Ruislip-Northwood]], [[John Wilkinson (British politician)|John Wilkinson]], and eventually progressed no further.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centreforaviation.com/news/2011/02/11/britains-endangered-airports/page1 |title=Britain's airports battle for passengers, airlines ... and survival |date=11 February 2011 |publisher=Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation |access-date=8 March 2011 |archive-date=14 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214094651/http://www.centreforaviation.com/news/2011/02/11/britains-endangered-airports/page1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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