People may have heard of the RAF Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan this summer. Its 14 man crew died. The incident is not thought to have been related to hostile action, rather due to poor maintenance. Stories about poor maintenance in the RAF are filtering out of the Nimrod base in the district of Moray, east of Inverness. Fuel leaks - and one aircraft had a hole in its fuselage plugged with a teapot.
Aye.
A teapot.
Apparently, something had to dropped from the aircraft, and the hatch had not closed properly. In order to keep out the drafts (it does get a wee bit drafty if you're going along at 400 mph with a hole in your aircraft) they shoved a teapot into the aperture. Like you do.
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