03-07-2013, 09:25 AM
From the Guardian live blog:
Quote:Audio has been posted purporting to be of the conversation between a pilot aboard Morales's flight and the control room at Vienna airport. Although the Guardian cannot 100% verify the audio, it comes from a source who has a track record of monitoring aviation communications. (In this 2011 article, Huub, also known online as "BlackBox" and @FMCNL, is described as a former member of the Dutch military who has been monitoring radio frequency scanners, amplifiers, and antennas for more than 25 years.)
Part of the conversation goes:"Do you need any assistance?"This problem might indicate why Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca accused France and Portugal of putting the president's life at risk by cancelling authorisation for the plane. But it is hard to believe that those countries would have refused permission to land if a problem was reported.
"Not at this moment. We need to land because we cannot get a correct indication of the fuel indication...we need to land."
A press officer at Vienna airport said she could not confirm whether or not the audio recording was genuine.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.