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A young Afghan girl has been killed after a box of public information leaflets dropped by an RAF aircraft landed on top of her, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
The box failed to break apart in mid-air and hit the young girl, who was taken to a hospital in Kandahar where she later died.
The leaflets were dropped over a rural area of Helmand province by an RAF C130 Hercules on June 23.
The RAF said it deeply regretted the incident and has launched an investigation into what happened.
A spokesman said: "In a tragic incident on 23 June, an air-drop of public information leaflets took place in a rural area in Helmand Province.
"It is a matter of deep regret that one of the boxes failed to fully open and on landing caused serious injuries to an Afghan child.
"The child was treated at a local medical facility in Kandahar where, despite the best efforts of staff, she died as a result of her injuries. An investigation into the incident is under way."
Defence sources said it was unfortunate that the young girl was taken to a local hospital in Kandahar, instead of to an International Security Assistance Force hospital, which may have been better equipped.
The MoD would not comment on what type of leaflet was involved, but said air drops - which include leaflets giving public information on the presidential elections and basic warnings about explosives - were common.
Last week, a UN report said about 1,500 civilians were killed in Afghanistan between January and August.
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serves her right for not reading the leaflets on falling boxes.
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Someone should try dropping a piece of poop out the window of a plane.
You're so high up it should freeze on the way down so it'd be hard as a rock, you could even shape it into something before tossing it. If it were me, i'd mold it into little Chinese stars for a better hit ratio.
You're so high up it should freeze on the way down so it'd be hard as a rock, you could even shape it into something before tossing it. If it were me, i'd mold it into little Chinese stars for a better hit ratio.
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Moulding Poop....LoverlySumfan wrote:Someone should try dropping a piece of poop out the window of a plane.
You're so high up it should freeze on the way down so it'd be hard as a rock, you could even shape it into something before tossing it. If it were me, i'd mold it into little Chinese stars for a better hit ratio.
You could mould it into a christmas present?
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not a fan of your sig...01joe10 wrote:Moulding Poop....LoverlySumfan wrote:Someone should try dropping a piece of poop out the window of a plane.
You're so high up it should freeze on the way down so it'd be hard as a rock, you could even shape it into something before tossing it. If it were me, i'd mold it into little Chinese stars for a better hit ratio.
You could mould it into a christmas present?
Everybody happy
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some guy told me once that someone peed off a plane and it froze and afterwards a popcicle made of pee killed a random guy. I'm pretty sure he said that just for the sake of comedy though.Sumfan wrote:Someone should try dropping a piece of poop out the window of a plane.
You're so high up it should freeze on the way down so it'd be hard as a rock, you could even shape it into something before tossing it. If it were me, i'd mold it into little Chinese stars for a better hit ratio.
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Yeah, definitely an 8 on the Unlucky Scale.
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Why was a C130 ship carrying that anyway?
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who doesnt hear a box falling full speed from the sky? she coulda moved.
5/10 for unlucky scale.
5/10 for unlucky scale.
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Do you know anything?tomhoppus wrote:Why was a C130 ship carrying that anyway?
They drop leaflets in war torn countries advising people on how to avoid being shot/how to surrender/other shit.
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he missed that bit on Call of Duty.Jake! wrote:Do you know anything?tomhoppus wrote:Why was a C130 ship carrying that anyway?
They drop leaflets in war torn countries advising people on how to avoid being shot/how to surrender/other shit.
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That's funny in an ironic kind of way!Jake! wrote:Do you know anything?tomhoppus wrote:Why was a C130 ship carrying that anyway?
They drop leaflets in war torn countries advising people on how to avoid being shot/how to surrender/other shit.
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This made me laugh. I know, I'm morbid.
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Helmand province should be where the estonian soldiers are right now. But yeah, really unlucky
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I laughed hard at it too, I know it's sick but it's just a funny thing to happen.ReemFTW wrote:This made me laugh. I know, I'm morbid.
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Is this like Carson?
She was so unlucky, she died.
That's so wrong, omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg.
She was so unlucky, she died.
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