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Under an Uzbek sky
01 October 2006
The Mystery Passenger flew on Uzbekistan Airways in August.
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Mystery Passenger; British Airways; Uzbekistan Airways
*Before leaving my East London flat for Heathrow on August 10, I switched on the TV travel news to check that my flight to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was still happening. Unfortunately, the information I had hoped for was dashed by news of an alleged plot to blow up aircraft mid-air between the UK and the US. Although the plot had been foiled, the message was simple: do not go anywhere near a UK airport unless you have to.
But I went to Heathrow, boarded my British Airways flight towards the Silk Road, and took off, only two-and-a-half hours late – needless to say, with no liquids about my person except those inside me.
The flight was run-of-the mill, stopping at Tbilisi in Georgia and then on to Tashkent. Landing and disembarking is a...
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