Rebel gunmen in Ugandan skies
Pilot Firoz Khimji witnessed his country's wars from above. Then conflict came for him.
Lives Less Ordinary · BBC World Service
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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.
Presenter: Asya Fouks Producer: Eric Mugaju and Harry Graham Editor: Munazza Khan