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Old 06-22-13, 01:18 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna View Post
A bit of an embarrassment for someone but good to see there was a Wattisham bird in attendance.
Aye, one of the Wattisham birds was over our way a few days ago. Hard to believe that Wattisham SAR will be getting the chop by 2017. Still, at least we'll still have the WAH-64s.

EDIT: Just noticed this in the latest Beeb article:

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The fire service said the ship's crew plugged the hole from inside and built a compartment with watertight doors to stem the leak.
Major kudos to the damage control parties of that ship.
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