10-03-2011, 01:12 PM
FWIW
Last week a Swedish newspaper (Göteborgs-Posten, March 4 2011) had an article / interview with one of the many oil workers, Hootan Ariaman, evacuated from Libya. This man, who came back to his family in Gothenburg on Wednesday evening, claims that he, among other oil workers, were rescued by SAS last weekend (that would be February 26-27). "... the British Special Air Service (SAS) - a special unit within the British army," the newspaper explains. The Hercules landed on a small airfield 20 kilometers from Zillah. The plane circled before landing, and at the ground 5 or 6 armed soldiers jumped out, starting to ask for names and nationalities. SAS had two Hercules planes in this mission to rescue foreigners, mainly europeans it seems. The plane was flying low over the desert and made another landing, later ending its trip in Malta.
Ariman stayed for three days in Malta before arriving in Sweden. He had been working for five weeks in a place situated 200 kilometres from Zillah. The workers were employed by KCA Deutag, with head office in Scotland.
Last week a Swedish newspaper (Göteborgs-Posten, March 4 2011) had an article / interview with one of the many oil workers, Hootan Ariaman, evacuated from Libya. This man, who came back to his family in Gothenburg on Wednesday evening, claims that he, among other oil workers, were rescued by SAS last weekend (that would be February 26-27). "... the British Special Air Service (SAS) - a special unit within the British army," the newspaper explains. The Hercules landed on a small airfield 20 kilometers from Zillah. The plane circled before landing, and at the ground 5 or 6 armed soldiers jumped out, starting to ask for names and nationalities. SAS had two Hercules planes in this mission to rescue foreigners, mainly europeans it seems. The plane was flying low over the desert and made another landing, later ending its trip in Malta.
Ariman stayed for three days in Malta before arriving in Sweden. He had been working for five weeks in a place situated 200 kilometres from Zillah. The workers were employed by KCA Deutag, with head office in Scotland.