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Firefly brings flame to Island

by isleofman.com 30th May 2012

A firefly will land at Isle of Man Airport on Saturday!

It's the name chosen for the aircraft which brought the Olympic flame from Athens to Britain and will transport it to the Island on Saturday.

The British Airways A319 has special yellow livery to celebrate the torch flights.

It's arrival at Ronaldsway on Saturday morning heralds the start of the Manx leg of the 8,000 mile Olympic torch relay around the UK and Crown dependencies.

The flame is held in four different lanterns which will be fastened into specially-designed cradles in the two front rows of the aircraft. They'll be guarded by a member of the torch security team trained as a fire warden.

Chief officer Captain Kelvin Forster says elaborate arrangements are in place to protect the precious cargo:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Wednesday 30th, May 2012 08:22pm.

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