A British spy plane has left the 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, according to www.bbc.co.uk
The British MoD said the "state-of-the-art surveillance jet" would operate from Accra, Ghana, and would join 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.
The British RAF Waddington station commander Capt 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". "The Sentinel with its wide area search capability and long endurance is perfect for this task," he said.
"UK personnel will help to analyse the information gathered to improve the intelligence picture for the Nigerian authorities."
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