[yldstrk]

proves my point, what sort of moron would request flying permission for 6000 feet when near a 7000 foot mountain? What air traffic controller would say ok?

[ErnBatavia]

Garuda, the Indonesian national airline, is known to be a white knuckle outfit.

When I got picked up at the Perth, Australia airport, my buddy told me about a couple of years ago when a Garuda 747 tried to land on Route 1 outside the airport......that's the highway leading in to the airport, not a runway.

[muawiyah]

A moron in Indonesia ~ they have 239,870,937 people, and 169,000,000 of them live right on that little island of Java which is about the size of Alabama. Certainly they have their fair share of morons.

Now, tell me, where you going to land a plane without worrying about a volcano?

NOTE: Java has 44 major volcanoes, 20 of which have been active in modern times. Imagine Alabama or Mississippi with 44 major volcanic peaks. Fly a plane through there in your mind's eye. In the dark. When it's rainy.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I forget what the MEA (minimum enroute altitude) is supposed to be over obstructions on the ground.

[Reaganite Republican]

“what sort of moron would request flying permission for 6000 feet when near a 7000 foot mountain? What air traffic controller would say ok?”

He asked permission but it was not actually ever granted, the Russians fell of radar and lost radio contact seconds after making the request.