Warning as RAF lose practice bomb

A practice bomb has accidentally been dropped from a fighter plane during a training exercise, the RAF has said.

The 14kg bomb was lost from a Tornado GR4 aircraft during a routine flight from its base at Lossiemouth in Moray.

The RAF said they do not know if the device survived the fall. They have yet to locate the bomb and have warned the public against touching it.

A spokesman for RAF Lossiemouth said: "Even if the practice bomb survived the fall, we would stress it is highly unlikely to represent a significant danger to the public.

"However, anyone who finds what they believe to be the bomb, which is approximately two and a half feet long and dark blue in colour, is advised not to touch the device but to inform the police of its location. PA