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Offline Sneaky_Nikon

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The RAF are very naughty boys.
« on: January 18, 2017, 07:01:04 PM »
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British military chiefs are facing a dressing down over the unapproved landing of RAF aircraft at Shannon Airport.


The diplomatic spat was revealed after a Hercules transport plane landed at Shannon on December 29 without seeking clearance from the Dublin government in advance.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said: " The Government views breaches of the procedures set down for the granting of permission for such landings with the utmost seriousness.

"I have instructed my officials to discuss the matter further with the British Embassy with a view to ensuring that correct procedures are followed in future."

The British Embassy in Dublin told Irish officials that the RAF Hercules landed in Shannon to refuel.


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http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/diplomatic-spat-after-raf-plane-makes-unapproved-landing-at-shannon-airport-35377752.html
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2017, 07:58:15 PM »
Must be a slow news day  ;D
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2017, 08:39:14 PM »
Tisk,Tisk RAF ;D





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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2017, 09:07:20 PM »
Quote from the article...

"As Ireland is a neutral country, permission should have been sought in advance and assurances given that the aircraft was unarmed, carried no cargo of arms, ammunition or explosives and that it was not on an intelligence-gathering mission or a military exercise or operation."

Doesn't leave a lot of scope for a military transport!
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2017, 09:12:29 PM »
intelligence-gathering mission... in Shannon :D
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2017, 10:15:52 PM »
We're the pilots aware that they weren't cleared? If so why not land at aldergrove?
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2017, 12:01:37 AM »
Rendition Flight. 👻👻
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2017, 08:19:02 AM »
Appears to have been C30J ( C.Mk.5 ) ZH882 RRR5566.

Landed EINN 2016-12-28 c. 13:30, was still on the ground as of 2016-12-29 from which the media reports appear to derive.  Departed 2016-12-30 time TBD.

Not logged again until 2017-01-03 17:00 inbound from Atlantic.
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Re: The RAF are very naughty boys.
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2017, 09:23:36 AM »
Reports elsewhere suggest the flight was repatriating the body of the child who died on the Air Canada divert recently?

If so, the fuss being created is despicable in the extreme!
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