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Old 27th Jul 2008, 19:59
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Channel 4 had this as there headline news this evening.


Nimrod aircraft fuel fears revealed
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Last Modified: 27 Jul 2008
By: Sue Turton
The safety of Britain's ageing fleet of Nimrod spy planes has been called into question.

A Ministry of Defence document revealed there have been almost three times as many fuel leaks in the past two years as previously thought.

Safety procedures on the Nimrod were reviewed after a crash in Afghanistan in 2006 which killed 14 servicemen.

Relatives of some of the dead expressed their surprise at the new figures and said it was further proof the decades-old aircraft are not airworthy.
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