UK to avoid low-flying in Iraq after admitting plane shot down

Britain is to make changes with ground-to-air reporting and dissemination systems, Defence Secretary John Reid announced Thursday after admitting that a Hercules plane, which crashed in Iraq in January, was shot down.

IRNA reported that Low level Hercules C130 flying in daylight was now being avoided "whenever possible" but the tactic of low flying during daylight was not going to be prohibited, to allow military personnel to choose the safest and most appropriate operational action, Reid said."