A RAF spy plane has left the United Kingdom (UK) to help search for 223 schoolgirls abducted by extremists in Nigeria.The Sentinel R1 plane, which has a crew of five, took off from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, at 09.25 BST on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence said.
The ministry said the “state-of-the-art surveillance jet” would operate from Accra, Ghana, and would join United States (US) aircraft in attempting to locate the girls.
It said the aircraft was “capable of flying for significant periods of time at high altitude” and was fitted with a “dual mode radar,” which could “locate moving targets and offer radar imagery.”
British military teams have already been embedded with the Nigerian army and are also working with US experts to analyse information on the girls’ location.
RAF Waddington station commander, Captain Rich Barrow said he was “delighted” to help Nigeria in its efforts “to find the girls and get them back with their families where they belong.”
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