BA283
3rd Mar 2008, 15:34
As we crossed Afghanistan yesterday lunch-time, we heard a poor harrassed pilot who sounded British with a 6 figure alpha-numeric callsign, flying-I think- from Bangkok to somewhere in Europe. He had just been refused entry into Turkmenistan, so negotiated a re-route to enter Uzbekistan/Tajikistan. Guess what, they refused him too, so he told Kabul that he was diverting to Goa and headed south for Pakistan.
Now I know that you know what came next! As we exited stage west, he was in a holding pattern awaiting some diplomatic magic from the Kabul controller after Pakistan had refused him entry too! I offered to buy him a beer, but it was a fairly safe bet that he wasn't going to be in the same continent as me last night!
If anyone knows how the story ended, I'd love to find out!!
Now I know that you know what came next! As we exited stage west, he was in a holding pattern awaiting some diplomatic magic from the Kabul controller after Pakistan had refused him entry too! I offered to buy him a beer, but it was a fairly safe bet that he wasn't going to be in the same continent as me last night!
If anyone knows how the story ended, I'd love to find out!!