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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

UPDF gets more jets

Su-30Mk2The UPDF on Sunday received additional jet fighters from Russia as it emerged that one of those in the batch shipped in three months ago has been grounded due to engine failure.

A highly-placed military source told this newspaper that the Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft was marooned after it sucked a bird into the engine shortly after takeoff from Entebbe military airbase.

The September 8 incident infuriated the army that has asked the Civil Aviation Authority to explain how the watchdog’s Bird Hazard & Wildlife Control unit informed the airport’s Control Tower to clear the flight.

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