Inside the cockpit flying 747 Hajj flights from Baghdad – part 2

In the April 2011 issue of Airliner World Captain Alan Carter concluded recounting his day’s task of flying pilgrims from Baghdad to Madinah and back.

In Part 1 Captain Alan Carter explained how the procedures in carrying a load of 420 passengers in a Boeing 747-400 from Baghdad in Iraq to Madinah (Medina) in Saudi Arabia were not as simple as they may be flying between major cities in Europe.  The last article finished as the aircraft climbed away from Baghdad’s International Airport. Captain Carter continues his story here.

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