Our flight to Kasongo and Kindu had to be diverted because of heavy fighting on the ground near the airports. Our personnel in Kindu were hiding in a house, and we couldn't land to get to them. We couldn't risk our plane and pilots getting shot when nearby battle made us perfect targets.
We had to inform our contacts on the ground and that we could not send in an aircraft tonight, that they were going to have to wait. The first step in hostage negotiations is not becoming one ...