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Libya unrest: UK rescue plane had a 'narrow escape'

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Libya unrest: UK rescue plane had a 'narrow escape'

Disaster was narrowly averted when small arms fire entered the cockpit of a RAF C130 Hercules evacuating Britons and foreign nationals from Libya, it has emerged.

One round bounced off the pilot's helmet but he was unscathed during Sunday's rescue of oil workers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12598777

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Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:12 pm

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Re: Libya unrest: UK rescue plane had a 'narrow escape'

Maybe this can serve as a wake-up call for those who say the RAF is pointless in the modern era.

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Re: Libya unrest: UK rescue plane had a 'narrow escape'

News CLICKY


	Quote: Libya protests: Gaddafi says 'all my people love me'

Of course they do. That's why they're all protesting to get rid of you. :roll:

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Re: Libya unrest: UK rescue plane had a 'narrow escape'

On a related note. News CLICKY


	Quote: US brands Muammar Gaddafi 'delusional'

No [LIFTED] Sherlock!

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