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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

US military plane in flares blunder

An American plane mistakenly dropped a device containing flares used to deter radar-guided missiles as it flew over the UK.

A "chaff module" fell from the transport aircraft - based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk - as it circuited the coastline, the United States Air Force said.

The USAF appealed for help in tracing the item but urged the public to stay away from it and not to use mobile phones when close by.

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