Drone_pilot
04-10-07, 01:17
The RAF has launched an investigation after a Tornado accidentally
dropped a 14kg practice bomb during an exercise.
It was lost during a 90-minute training sortie from RAF Lossiemouth, which
took the jet across north-east Scotland, Northumberland and out to sea.
The RAF said that even if the concrete device had survived the fall, it was
"highly unlikely" to be dangerous - but people were warned not to touch it.
It is not live but has a fuse designed to emit smoke when it hits a target.
The dark blue bomb is two-and-a-half feet long.
BBC read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7027059.stm)
dropped a 14kg practice bomb during an exercise.
It was lost during a 90-minute training sortie from RAF Lossiemouth, which
took the jet across north-east Scotland, Northumberland and out to sea.
The RAF said that even if the concrete device had survived the fall, it was
"highly unlikely" to be dangerous - but people were warned not to touch it.
It is not live but has a fuse designed to emit smoke when it hits a target.
The dark blue bomb is two-and-a-half feet long.
BBC read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7027059.stm)