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Old 5th Apr 2013, 19:57
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booze
 
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800 kgs of condoms on a UN-WFP flight from Kinshasa to Bukavu, DRC on a L410.

The surprise came the next day when on our way back to the airport from the hotel saw local kids selling peanuts wrapped in condoms...

We basically flew just over 7 hrs there and back, burnt 2100 kgs of JetA1, paid an average of 800-1200USD worth of landing/navigation/parking fees at each fuel stop (3 in total) and wasted 2 full days in the midst of a Ebola pandemic where all the resources would've been needed to provide humanitarian flights planned by the same organization.

All for 800 kgs worth of plastic wrap for black market peanuts - founded by the United Nations. Go figure...

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