Harrier drops tanks

Thursday 05 February 1998 00:02 GMT

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An investigation was launched last night after an RAF jet bound for the Gulf dropped two fuel tanks on a French town, the Ministry of Defence said.

The two 250-gallon tanks fell from an RAF Harrier GR7 over Villemandeur, south of Paris, on Monday. Nobody was injured.

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