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Rebel gunmen in Ugandan skies

Pilot Firoz Khimji witnessed his country's wars from above. Then conflict came for him.

Pilot Firoz Khimji witnessed his country's wars from above. Then conflict came for him.

For most of his life, Uganda had been unstable, but he'd been able to train as a commercial pilot despite the violence. When qualified, Firoz took a job with Ugandan Airlines. This was the 1980s, and he had to routinely fly between territories controlled by different armed groups. War was ever-present, but Firoz would always emerge unscathed, until a routine flight went badly wrong.

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Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Eric Mugaju

(Photo: Firoz Khimji in the cockpit. Credit: Firoz Khimji)

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41 minutes

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Wed 8 Feb 2023 03:06GMT

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