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steve m - 20/12/06 at 08:41 PM

held over jet engine theft
Four men are being questioned after a lorry transporting a jet engine was stopped by police near a Kent airport.
Officers were called to an area close to Kent International Airport at Manston early on Wednesday morning.

It followed an alarm being triggered at African International Airways, on the Manston Road Industrial Estate.

Four men, aged between 18 and 47, from south London were arrested after the lorry was stopped in Manston Road shortly before 0600

chrisg - 20/12/06 at 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by steve m
held over jet engine theft
Four men are being questioned after a lorry transporting a jet engine was stopped by police near a Kent airport.
Officers were called to an area close to Kent International Airport at Manston early on Wednesday morning.

It followed an alarm being triggered at African International Airways, on the Manston Road Industrial Estate.

Four men, aged between 18 and 47, from south London were arrested after the lorry was stopped in Manston Road shortly before 0600


bugger!

where am I going to get another engine at this short notice??

And I've waited in all day for nothing......

Cheers

Chris

greggors84 - 21/12/06 at 01:33 AM

Do you reckon the alarm was triggered when the pilot tried to take off with one engine!

iank - 21/12/06 at 01:44 AM

I presume there must be a market somewhere, but how on earth do you sell a bent jet engine?

marvinsy - 21/12/06 at 05:02 AM

its made from expensive materials, maybe they planned to sell it? or display it in their homes? hahaha , it would be nice to have a jet engine at home.

tegwin - 21/12/06 at 07:53 AM

There is a huge market for jet engines...


Recently the large company where I work had a brand new eurofighter engine go missing from the factory....God only knows what they are doing with it....its so damn complicated that it wont even start if its not in a eurofighter...

iank - 21/12/06 at 09:05 AM

Hadn't thought about them just weighing it in, though I'd have thought the it would have to be a rather specialist scrapdealer to take engine alloys.

On the other hand I can immediately see at least 2 countries who might be prepared to pay big bucks for the latest military technology just so they can copy the technology.