I sat in Doha for my 9 hours and boarded the plane at 0145 local. We were
supposed to take off at 0245 but at 4AM we were still sitting on the tarmac
which I had not noticed as I had the headphones on watching a movie.
The captain said "sorry for the delay in taking off - we were loading
cargo!!!!!!!!!!+*&%$#@+++ - GO FIGURE! QFU QFU QFU!
This meant I would miss my connection from KL to SABAH.
As we landed in KL. a QATAR agent had a sign with my name on it at the end of
the jetway. I asked why they were looking for me. They had arranged an
alternate flight to KK on MALINDO airways - where I was originally on MALAYSIAN
AIR.
I asked specifically about my (2) bags of luggage and we stopped at a counter
to deal with the issue of getting my bags to KK onMY PLANE!!!!!
(NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I arrived in KK with NO BAGS on the arrival luggage chute - and spent the next
hour with MALAYSIAN Airlines luggage. They worked for quite some time and
advised they had NO IDEA were all my stuff had gone. I filed a claim sheet and
took a taxi to my hotel.
I later hooked up with Krassy, CHRIS VK3FY and Peter VK3GN - for a few beers
and a burger at the Hyatt Regency. Then crashed as I was a total zombie - with
no clothes except for one tee shirt - and my winter clothes were soaked with
sweat from the humidity and2.5 days on the planes.
I would try to follow up with Air Malaysia the next morning (this was now SAT
night - having left on Thurs night from BOSTON.)
Jeff Briggs
DXing on the Edge: The Thrill of 160 Meters
Available worldwide through BookBaby, Array Solutions, DX Engineering, Royal
Society of Great Britain, & Amazon
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