Arrived early in the morning after a sortie over Libya on the way back to get fuel from the tanker the fuel pod broke off and had to make an emergency landing in Malta
The two Libyan Air Force Dassault Mirage F1s that requested a diversion to MLT on the 21st Febuary 2011 five months later, hidden from the public eye. Pilots refused to bombard Libyan civilians and sought the Maltese Goverment for political asylum.