Saturday, 26 February 2011

RAF Rescue

Good news-those guys in the desert must be SO relieved!

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

Two RAF Hercules have rescued about 150 workers from the Libyan desert, Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said.

The planes, carrying Britons and other foreign nationals, have reached Malta.

Hercules
An RAF C130 Hercules at Valletta airport in Malta

Fears had been growing for British citizens left in the country which has been plunged into chaos as protests against Col Gaddafi's regime continue.

Meanwhile, the last government-chartered flight on which Britons could escape has left Tripoli and the British embassy there has suspended operations.

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