» Monday, January 31, 2005Iraq
Asked if there were any further updates on the British aircraft which crashed yesterday in Iraq, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said no. The MOD had released the list of casualties and that was really all we could say at this stage. Put to him that we should know by now the cause of the crash, the PMOS said that he understood why people were impatient; there was however a question of securing the area which was out of our area of control. Also, without wishing to be graphic, the debris was spread over quite a wide area and that had to be collected and analysed. Put to him that if it had been a mechanical failure then the pilot could have sent a distress message to people on the ground, the PMOS said that as he had stressed this morning, people shouldn’t jump to conclusions. That still remained the position. We hoped to clarify the situation as quickly as possible. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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