Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Loki shuttle and thunderstorms

Yesterday I flew the shuttle to Loki via Torit, Kimatong and Kapoeta on the way out and via Kapoeta and Torit on the way back. Passengers represented War Child Holland, ZOA South Sudan, Carter Centre, New Kush Foundation, American Refugee Committee, NIRAS Water for EES Project, UNIDO and Rural Action Against Hunger.

Apart from the passengers I also carried pipes and solar panels to Kimatong for a borehole project and 100kg of medicines from Loki back to Juba for Medair.

The weather was typical for the rainy season in Eastern Equatoria with small cumulus clouds in the morning building into thunderstorms by the afternoon. On the return legs we had thunderstorms close to Kapoeta and Torit but fortunately we were able to get in and out before the heavy rain reached the airstrips.