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Old 24th May 2006, 11:15
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British plane on fire on Helmand province in Afghanistan. Anyone know any news?
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Where did you hear this??

Nothing on any news channels at the moment.
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Channel 4 News reporting that the Home Office are investigating an "incident" with a British aircraft in Afganistan. That was all. No other info.
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Plane Fire

Just got this from BBC website....

British plane in Afghan incident

A British aircraft has been involved in an incident in Afghanistan, military forces there have said.
It happened near Lashkagar, capital of the southern Helmand province.

A huge plume of black smoke was seen rising from an area, used as a landing strip for military aircraft, about two kilometres away from a UK forces base.

The Ministry of Defence in London said it was aware of the reports, understood there were no casualties and there was so far no indication of the cause.
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Originally Posted by SQUAWKIDENT
Channel 4 News reporting that the Home Office are investigating an "incident" with a British aircraft in Afganistan. That was all. No other info.
The Home Office ?
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Originally Posted by SQUAWKIDENT
........the Home Office are investigating an "incident" with a British aircraft in Afganistan..........

Look, if you have done an expert job in screwing up your own department of government, why not try and screw up somebody else's!!!

They probably think Helmand Province is in Birmingham and are still tracking down released deportees!
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News Reports say it's a C-130
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Old 24th May 2006, 12:54
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and caught fire on landing. British Ambassador on board - all OK no casualties
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Teletext reports a wheel burst on landing throwing debris into the engine...
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See here guys
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Guessing by the film of Albert, I would say that it's a cat 5! Glad to hear that all crew were unharmed
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