British troops board a Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft at an airbase in the Middle East, home to the RAF 901 Expeditionary Air Wing B Flight. Photographer: Sergeant Ross Tilly RAF
David Cameron Praises C17 Plane Just Moments Before It Breaks Down -- The Telegraph
David Cameron today praised “our most advanced and capable transport plane" just moments before it got stuck on the runway on its way to assist the French in Mali.
The plane, loaded with military equipment and foreign troops, had been due to help halt an al-Qaeda advance when it was delayed due to a technical fault.
Two C17 transport planes have been deployed to support French efforts in the west African country while British drones and spy planes are said to be on standby to help tackle what the Prime Minister described as a “dangerous Islamist regime”.
But British efforts fell at the first hurdle as the first plane was grounded just moments after David Cameron discussed the action in an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
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My Comment: What I find surprising about this story is that no one is surprised it happened. It is only making the news cycle because it happened just after PM Cameron praised the plane.
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