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Check 6
28th Oct 2000, 17:30
While returning from Dalaman, Turkey late last night to Naples, I overhead the following communication between Athinai Control and a Hapag Lloyd crew. It made the dodging of the thunderstorms a little more bearable:

Athinai: Hapag Lloyd XXX you are cleared to XXX via ABCDEFG.

HL: Standby

Athinai: What is the matter, don't you have that on your "map"?

HL: Yes, maam, but I have to find it first.

Athinai: OK, I am trying to give you a shortcut.

HL: Thank you very much.

Check 6

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