Speaker 1: We got contacted by a listener a little bit before
Speaker 1: six o'clock this morning to say that he was on
Speaker 1: a Qatar flight that was supposed to go from Melbourne
Speaker 1: to Doha that diverted and he was currently in Goa
Speaker 1: on the West coast of India. M. Barnett is a
Speaker 1: passenger currently stuck in Doha. M. You're on your way
Speaker 1: from Europe back to Australia, are you? Oh?
Speaker 2: I hope, I'm on my way right now.
Speaker 3: I'm just stuck at dough I've been here since like
Speaker 3: six pm and yeah, I just took a flight from
Speaker 3: Heathrow to here and just hopefully getting on a flight
Speaker 3: at some point in the near future.
Speaker 4: And so em tell us what communication if you had
Speaker 4: from your airline that you're flying.
Speaker 2: Honestly, not a great deal that in.
Speaker 3: The communication that we've actually had is like me going
Speaker 3: up to one of the staff that are kind of
Speaker 3: sometimes there and asking what's happening. So it seemed quite
Speaker 3: sort of secretive for a little while what had happened,
Speaker 3: But everybody seems to be communicating with each other.
Speaker 1: Now, did you get to explanation as to why you've
Speaker 1: made the first leg of your journey and now been stuck.
Speaker 3: No, we didn't get not from the actual airport people
Speaker 3: or anything, but obviously there's TVs up around the place,
Speaker 3: so we've kind of gathered that it's because of the
Speaker 3: bombing that's just happened. And we're about thirty forty kilometers
Speaker 3: away from that are.
Speaker 1: Only thirty to forty kilometers from those US military bases
Speaker 1: which were attempted to be bombed. Am they that all
Speaker 1: the missiles were intercepted? We're happy.
Speaker 5: We're happy to tell you.
Speaker 4: Amy, you're traveling by yourself.
Speaker 3: Yes, I am all by myself. That's okay from girl.
Speaker 5: I am. How many hours have you been in Doha now?
Speaker 2: Probably about over six.
Speaker 5: Now, okay, And you've been beginning.
Speaker 1: Any estimate as to well when you'll make the ongoing
Speaker 1: journey to get back to presumably family in Melbourne, Well, it.
Speaker 2: Just keeps changing.
Speaker 3: So I asked about an hour and a half ago
Speaker 3: and they said we'd be boarding in an hour. But
Speaker 3: I mean there was a point there where literally everything
Speaker 3: was just grounded and flights have been canceled.
Speaker 2: But I've asked about fifty.
Speaker 3: Times and they said, my flight hasn't been canceled, but
Speaker 3: it has disappeared off the board about two hours ago.
Speaker 1: If you look at the good sign, But if you
Speaker 1: look at the window, are their planes taking.
Speaker 5: Off and landing?
Speaker 3: No, not yet, but they are sitting right out there
Speaker 3: ready to jump on. But there have been two planes
Speaker 3: that have just been boarded about twenty minutes ago.
Speaker 4: An important question, are you near a PowerPoint?
Speaker 2: Oh, don't worry, I've been.
Speaker 3: I've been seeking them out, but so is everybody else.
Speaker 3: So everyone's actually been so lovely though. We've just been
Speaker 3: kind of taking in turns to charge our phones.
Speaker 5: And is there food and drinking?
Speaker 3: I mean they gave they actually did give us a
Speaker 3: it was like a voucher. We just could scan our
Speaker 3: boarding pass and they kind of allowed us to get
Speaker 3: a small dinner. But it's so expensive here. The Aussie
Speaker 3: dollar doesn't really do row. I've decided.
Speaker 4: And where have you been? Where are you coming from?
Speaker 3: So I'm coming from Europe, so I've came directly from
Speaker 3: Heathrow to here.
Speaker 4: But yeah, and how long.
Speaker 5: Have you been?
Speaker 2: Three months?
Speaker 4: Oh, you've had two months away? Fantastic. So your family
Speaker 4: will be looking forward.
Speaker 2: To seeing you, well, I hope.
Speaker 5: So where do you live?
Speaker 2: I live in Geelong? Now. But my family are in Tazzi,
Speaker 2: so I won't even see them.
Speaker 1: But that's okay, right, Hey, listen, would it work if
Speaker 1: we put some money in your bank account transfer it
Speaker 1: would that sort of work instantly to replenish your bank account?
Speaker 1: So you buy something that weed or drink?
Speaker 2: Oh, bless, you don't have to do that.
Speaker 3: There's a lot of other people that would need that,
Speaker 3: not me, so find one of them.
Speaker 1: We'll start with you, M, So don't hang up yet.
Speaker 1: We're very keen to know. On the first leg, what
Speaker 1: movie did you watch?
Speaker 2: I actually didn't watch a single movie. I just read
Speaker 2: my book. How weird? I'm just such a nerd.
Speaker 5: What's the book called?
Speaker 2: Okay, it's that series. It's the Akatar series.
Speaker 3: A coord of Thorns and Roses is the gailiest book
Speaker 3: you'll ever read.
Speaker 2: But it's so good.
Speaker 5: Good on you, M. Please stay on the line.
Speaker 1: We'll want to trans for some money to you so
Speaker 1: that you can so that you can get something to
Speaker 1: eat and to drink.
Speaker 4: Here we go, Look at this?
Speaker 5: Is it at lass? Nowhere?
Speaker 2: Is it all? Give my bank details over the front?
Speaker 4: You could do that.
Speaker 1: You give give it over, give it over the ear
Speaker 1: now and you'll end up with a million and hours.
Speaker 5: Whatever happened to him? Barnett, well funny she bought Doha Airport.
Speaker 5: M Please stay on the line. We will transfer somed