Guardian Angel,
I'd like to thank you for taking the time to do the research.
I don't know how often I have read a book and had something totally
untrue just ruin the whole thing. (even fiction - where it doesn't have too)
I mean how much effort does it take to find Air Canada doesn't operate from Ottawa to Munich or whatever.. and if they did it wouldn't be on B727.. or some !!!!!..
- Not that it would to matter to you book, but on 9/11 I was flying 2 US Senators and 3 board members of a diamond mine out of Vancouver to Northern Canada. (Corporate).. We took off @ 6am west coast (just after the first plane).. we were hearing rumblings about "an aircraft hitting the WTC.." most were comparing to the WW2 bomber that hit the Empire State building by accident in the last century.. We blasted off.. and after about an hr something changed. Airspace began to close. We were diverted.
On landing, we were told.
The Senators got us permission to fly back yo YVR on the 12th of Sept.
It was very quiet flying over Vancouver that morning.
We requested "direct" to some intersection and we're told we're the only aircraft in their zone, and could pretty much do what we wanted.. with the CF18's over the straight, we pretty much stuck to plan.
On landing , we were met by black limos and men in dark suits. Last I saw of those gentleman.
I was just happy to be home.