Defence Department tells air corps it has lost 'all confidence' in State jet

The Air Corps currently operates one Learjet 45. However, the jet has been taken out of service on a number of occasions. Picture: Military.ie

The Department of Defence told the Air Corps that “all confidence” in the government’s €8m government Learjet was gone and that it needed to be taken out of service full time.

In an email, Department of Defence Secretary General Jacqui McCrum said the aircraft had yet again let them down after Minister Simon Harris arrived at Baldonnel for a scheduled flight to Belgium only to be told he couldn’t fly.