Monday 29 February 2016

Back from Doro to Kajo

Today's flight was the return leg for the team I flew up to Doro/Maban last week from Kajo Keji. I always enjoy collecting a team who I've taken on the outward leg of their journey so it was good to do today's flight and to meet the team from Empower One and the Baptist Convention of South Sudan again.

The weather is still very hot and the turbulence is reaching right up to levels where usually we expect to find smooth air. I flew at 12,000 foot on the long leg from the north of the country down to Kajo in the south, but even up there it was a little bumpy. The only consolation was that we had a good tail wind so the flight was 20 minutes shorter than it could have been, but I'm not sure that was much of a consolation to the passengers who felt air-sick...

En-route to Kajo Keji we received a request for a 'medevac' (technically a medical evacuation, although this would more accurately be described as a medical transfer) from Kajo to Juba. Since the aircraft was going to be empty on that leg I was able to collect the man and his carer and bring them to Juba where they will hopefully receive better medical care than is available in Kajo Keji.