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RAF launches inquiry into missing bomb

THE RAF launched aninvestigation yesterday after it lost a practice bomb during a training flight.

RAF launches inquiry into missing bomb

Thu, 10 Jan, 2008 - 00:00

Theo Usherwood

The bomb accidentally dislodged from a Harrier jet after it took off from RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire in the east of England on Tuesday morning.

Officials have launched a search for the bomb which, they hope, landed in a nearby drop zone or in the sea.

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