01-13-2004, 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by skywalker:
US jet accidentally drops unarmed bomb in Britain
LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The United States Air Force is investigating how one of its fighter jets dropped an unarmed bomb onto the countryside in northern England last week, a spokesman said on Monday.
There were no injuries and only "limited property damage" in the incident, which happened near the town of Market Weighton in Yorkshire at around 1715 GMT on Thursday, the air force spokesman said.
The 25 lb (11 kg) practice bomb was dropped by a F-15E Strike Eagle on a routine training run from a base in eastern England.
"Trained and experienced base personnel including Ministry of Defence, and local constabulary authorities responded to the scene and an investigation team is determining the cause the incident," the spokesman said.
01/12/04 13:04
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The headline really caught me by surprise!
Mark
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I believe these are called "Training accidents" [img]smile.gif[/img]
On a serious note, people are injured and killed every single day in the US armed forces, due to accidents and mistakes. It is refered to as the price of doing business. Kind of cold, but accurate.
[ 01-13-2004, 10:23 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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