Iraqi Air 'Incident'
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Iraqi Air 'Incident'
Anyone know any more???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6174774.stm
"A Foreign Office spokesman would not confirm the nature of the incident, following reports that shots had been fired at the aircraft."
Always good to stir up a bit of interest....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6174774.stm
"A Foreign Office spokesman would not confirm the nature of the incident, following reports that shots had been fired at the aircraft."
Always good to stir up a bit of interest....
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Looks like a non story to me.
The aircraft lurches... it returns to base. That could be anything from a minor control problem, to a single engine failure.
"Shots fired"... Now tell me a day in Basra where that doesn't happen. I tell you this though, it wouldn't cause an aircraft to "lurch". I got hit by small arms fire dozens of times in 1991. It certainly didn't cause the old girl to lurch! In fact I usually didn't find out until I climbed out back at base. Now I'm not a rotary man, and I stand to be corrected, but for now....
As I say, he's fine, as far as I can see the aircraft is fine. Ergo: Non story.
The aircraft lurches... it returns to base. That could be anything from a minor control problem, to a single engine failure.
"Shots fired"... Now tell me a day in Basra where that doesn't happen. I tell you this though, it wouldn't cause an aircraft to "lurch". I got hit by small arms fire dozens of times in 1991. It certainly didn't cause the old girl to lurch! In fact I usually didn't find out until I climbed out back at base. Now I'm not a rotary man, and I stand to be corrected, but for now....
As I say, he's fine, as far as I can see the aircraft is fine. Ergo: Non story.
Chancellor Gordon Brown also visited Basra at the weekend and promised £100m extra in aid.
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If it's true that shots were fired, can someone please get onto the Army and book them some remedial "aim, shoot" practice. And why does a minor brown trouser incident need to involve an "investigation", just because it involved a bloody politician?
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Looks like a non story to me.
The aircraft lurches... it returns to base. That could be anything from a minor control problem, to a single engine failure.
"Shots fired"... Now tell me a day in Basra where that doesn't happen. I tell you this though, it wouldn't cause an aircraft to "lurch". I got hit by small arms fire dozens of times in 1991. It certainly didn't cause the old girl to lurch! In fact I usually didn't find out until I climbed out back at base. Now I'm not a rotary man, and I stand to be corrected, but for now....
As I say, he's fine, as far as I can see the aircraft is fine. Ergo: Non story.
The aircraft lurches... it returns to base. That could be anything from a minor control problem, to a single engine failure.
"Shots fired"... Now tell me a day in Basra where that doesn't happen. I tell you this though, it wouldn't cause an aircraft to "lurch". I got hit by small arms fire dozens of times in 1991. It certainly didn't cause the old girl to lurch! In fact I usually didn't find out until I climbed out back at base. Now I'm not a rotary man, and I stand to be corrected, but for now....
As I say, he's fine, as far as I can see the aircraft is fine. Ergo: Non story.
