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PLANE NOT FITTED WITH EXPLOSIVE-SUPPRESSANT FOAM EXPLODES IN IRAQ
A safety modification to RAF Hercules planes that may have prevented the deaths of 10 servicemen in Iraq was not carried out, their inquest has heard.
Their C-130K transporter aircraft was shot down between Baghdad and nearby Balad air base on 30 January 2005.
The plane came down after a fuel tank was hit by enemy gunfire and exploded, blowing one of the wings off.
The plane had not been fitted with explosive-suppressant foam (ESF) to stop its fuel tanks exploding when hit.
Nine RAF servicemen and a soldier died.
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