Britain has said that on Monday, a military surveillance aircraft it had dispatched to help search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls in Nigeria had broken down en route.
The plane, an RAF Sentinel, was deployed on Sunday after Nigeria accepted an offer of help from British Prime Minister, David Cameron.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence said that the plane has been forced to land in Senegal for repairs.
The plane left the UK on Sunday, joining an international effort to secure the release of the girls.
A spokeswoman for Britain’s Ministry of Defence is currently unable to provide the aircraft’s expected time of arrival.
It was meant to join U.S. aircraft in the search for the missing girls who were abducted in April by the Boko Haram sect.
The Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, in a media chat, had called for international support in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorist group.
The group that is demanding for an Islamic state have carried out series of attacks on villages, churches and schools in the North East, with the abduction of the girls as spoils of terrorism on April 14 drawing world interest.
