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| August 17, 2012 | Air France asks passengers to 'chip in for fuel' after flight stranded in Damascus | | Sydney: Passengers on Air France, who were on a flight
that was diverted from Beirut and landed instead in Damascus, were asked to chip
in money and help pay for refueling the plane. "We went down in Syria where there
were lots of soldiers ... We thought there were some problems and that there was
no money to pay for the fuel," News.com.au quoted Najib, who was a passenger on
the flight, as saying. "They asked if the passengers could contribute for the
refueling," he added. Najib claimed that the flight from Paris was diverted to
Damascus because of tensions in Beirut and then flew on to Larnaca. "There were
some negotiations going on to buy fuel because Air France doesn't fly to Damascus
at the moment," another passenger said. The plane, a Boeing 777, was carrying
174 passengers and 11 crew and flew to Larnaca after it made a two-hour stop for
the refueling. According to an Air France employee, who declined to be named,
the crew at first offered to pay for the fuel in Damascus with a credit card but
the transaction was impossible because of financial sanctions, which have been
slapped on Syria . However, he did not specify how the payment was finally arranged,
the report said. France has suspended flights to Damascus since March because
of the deadly unrest sweeping Syria , it added.
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