Video footage shared on social media shows the moment that a Chinook helicopter flew over Greater Manchester today (Thursday February 2).
A clip filmed by Twitter user @Abandon_t shows one of the aircrafts making its way over a car park and some trees close to Manchester University. According to the Royal Air Force (RAF), the helicopter in question is from 28 Squadron - which is based at RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire.
It was in the North West on a training exercise and also refuelled at City Airport, in Barton. An RAF spokesman told the Manchester Evening News: "Chinooks, from 28 Squadron, RAF Benson, completed routine operational training in North West England today including a refuel at Manchester Barton Airport, such training ensuring that our crews continue to be ready for global operations."
