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RAF Eurofighters practiced shooting down ‘hijacked planes’

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Two RAF Eurofighters were scrambled on Jul. 8 from RAF Coningsby to test Britain’s reaction to hijacked airliners.

BBC News reported that Home Secretary Theresa May took part in the exercise.

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