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The bodies of 10 servicemen killed when an RAF transport plane crashed in Iraq are due to arrive in the UK.
Nine airmen and a soldier died when the RAF Hercules came down 20 miles north-west of Baghdad on 30 January.
Their remains will be returned to RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, where eight of the airmen were based.
The crash was the single largest loss of British life in Iraq since military action began in 2003. The cause is still being investigated.
The transport plane was said by officials to be on a routine flight from Baghdad to the massive US base at Balad.
There has been speculation that the plane might have been the victim of "hostile action".
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Nine airmen and a soldier died when the RAF Hercules came down 20 miles north-west of Baghdad on 30 January.
Their remains will be returned to RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, where eight of the airmen were based.
The crash was the single largest loss of British life in Iraq since military action began in 2003. The cause is still being investigated.
The transport plane was said by officials to be on a routine flight from Baghdad to the massive US base at Balad.
There has been speculation that the plane might have been the victim of "hostile action".
BBC Read More
