British ambassador flees stricken plane
The British ambassador in Afghanistan was on a C-130 that caught fire while landing at a remote airstrip in Helmand province.
The plane had burst a tyre on landing and that debris had sprayed up from the runway into an engine, causing the fire.
The fire destroyed the Hercules from No. 47 Squadron - one of only four RAF Hercules in Afghanistan.
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