‘This is SICK’: Mark Francois rages at pro-Palestine activists as RAF stunt follows Air India horror crash

"After the tragedy of Air India 787, the Dreamliner, for anyone to muck about or interfere in any way with the engines of a large aircraft, by the way, those voyager aircrafts are there to transport troops or their families, or as air-to-air refuelling, these are vital aircraft," Francois said.

"To do this now is sick. What if they were carrying bombs, not paint? What would the loss of life have been?"

Two Palestine Action members broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Thursday night, using electric scooters to reach two RAF Voyager aircraft.The activists used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines of the planes, which the group said symbolised Palestinian blood.

They also damaged the aircraft with crowbars and sprayed paint across the runway, leaving a Palestinian flag at the scene.

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The Ministry of Defence strongly condemned what it called "vandalism of Royal Air Force assets" and confirmed it was working closely with police investigating the incident.

Palestine Action claimed the pair escaped "undetected" from Britain's largest Air Force base, with no arrests made.

The group said it targeted the planes because they depart daily to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for operations in the Middle East.

Francois criticised the Government's failure to address the security breach immediately, demanding accountability from defence officials.

"There's something that should have happened today that didn't. The Government should have come to the House and made a statement about this. They could have done this at the end of the day," he told GB News.

"The Defence Secretary should have explained what happened. They didn't do that. There absolutely must be a statement in the Commons on Monday about how two people were able to get into what is supposed to be a highly secure RAF base and get up to two strategically important RAF crafts."

He warned that Vladimir Putin would be "laughing" if he heard about the incident, given current global tensions.

The security breach raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of strategic military installations.

GB News fan-favourite Martin Daubney questioned how "two clowns" could "mercifully walk in" and throw paint at the aircraft, asking: "What if they were Jihadists?"

Francois emphasised the strategic importance of Brize Norton, describing it as "the RAF's equivalent of Heathrow" where all key transport aircraft and refuellers are based.

"It's a big site, but nonetheless it should be defended," he said.

Defence sources told The Guardian that no planned flights or operations were affected by the incident.

However, the ease with which protesters entered and exited the major RAF base at night without arrest has highlighted potential vulnerabilities in military security protocols.

The MoD spokesperson stated that Britain's armed forces "put their lives on the line for us" and deserve protection.

The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on 12 June, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground.

Flight AI171 was bound for London Gatwick when the pilot's final words were revealed: "Thrust not achieved... falling... Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!"

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential area, with only one passenger surviving the disaster.

In the days following the crash, Air India cancelled seven international flights in a single day, mostly Boeing 787 Dreamliners on routes to Dubai, Vienna, Paris, London and San Francisco.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has demanded urgent improvements in aircraft maintenance and safety protocols, while authorities began inspecting Air India's entire fleet of 34 Dreamliners.