Tax payers protected as crash Tornadoes covered by fully comprehensive insurance

The Ministry of Defence has begun an investigation after a Tornado crew was forced to eject from their aircraft during landing at RAF Lossiemouth. The RAF confirmed the two crewmen ejected safely during the incident, shortly after 1700 GMT on Thursday however, thanks to prudent housekeeping, the crash won’t cost the tax payer a penny.
This follows the incident on 27 January when two crew members from RAF Lossiemouth ejected from another Tornado before it crashed into the sea. Again, the tax payer will not be facing the bill.
“To avoid the tax payer having to foot the bill every time a plane gets written off, the MOD now follows a rigorous procedure to get the best insurance cover for all its military hardware,” said an MOD spokesperson. Designated staff trawl through web–based sites of gocompare.com, comparethemarket.com, and moneysupermarket.com for the best deals or call directly and ‘give the dog a ‘phone’.
“We got some great deals for our planes and ships. Short of an attack by aliens from another planet – we are covered for every eventuality – even if a ship is sunk by a torpedo.”
Under the terms of the fully comprehensive policy obtained from Churchill Insurance on the plane downed in January, the Tornado that crashed yesterday was in fact a courtesy plane.