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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Britain's RAF lifts flying ban on Voyager fleet

Voyager air tankerBritain has lifted a flying ban on its fleet of Airbus-made Voyager military aircraft more than a week after it grounded the planes, with the planes to resume flying this afternoon, a spokesman for the AirTanker consortium said.

The Royal Air Force said on Feb. 12 that it had suspended flying of its Voyager fleet after an "inflight issue" on Feb. 9.

A source told Reuters that the plane plummeted between 3,000 and 5,000 feet while flying over Turkey.

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