Missiles fall off British plane during landing

Two missiles got detached from a British Tornado plane and fell on the ground while the plane was landing at an air base in Cyprus but didn't explode, a British spokesman said on Wednesday.

The spokesman at Britain's Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus said the circumstances under which the rockets became detached were being investigated, reports Xinhua.

"Two Brimstone air-to-surface missiles became detached from a Tornado fighter and fell on the tarmac," he said. The scene was cordoned off as specialists tried to recover the rockets.

Britain retained an air base at Akrotiri near the port city of Limassol when it granted independence to Cyprus in 1960.