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Timetables and Flight Information
apskip:
So what were the teams doing on inferior flights? Were all seat taken on the good ones?
Let's start with my best one, IC897 0745 0945 DEL DXB connecting in Dubai with KC896 1120 1740 DBX ALA. Andrew and Dan were left to go through Dubai They went on EK513 DEL DXB 0514 0630, so they were in dubai with plenty of time for that connection. That should have landed them in first place. What happened? There are 3 possible answers that I can think of. Either KC896 was fully booked or a flight booker screwed up by not knowing about it or KC896 does not fly when teams are arriving to Kazakhstan. I checked on the last possibility and that cannot be it, because KC896 flies every day of the week. There is ample connect time in Dubai and at least one alternative flight to Dubai. I think that the teams were so anxious to get going they worried about leaving first and failed to check on what connecting flight arrives first.
DEL SVO SU534 0215 0615 connecting to SVO ALA KC872 0920 1645
This was one of my alternates and also a route actually used by teams. However, they arrived at 0110+1 when they could have been in Almaty 8.5 hours earlier. What Terence/Sarah took was either SU534 above or SU536 0500 0900 DEL SVO. If the latter, then they just miss the connection for KC872 above. They then had KC876 2200 0525+1, which puts them in at daylight but does not match the 0110 arrival time stated on ep. 8. I cannot match that.
I had no route through Frankfurt. The episode stated that 3 teams leave on Lufthansa 1320 and arrive in Almaty 2355.
My best FRA routing is LA761 0305 0650 connecting with LH648 1300 0030+1. I have no idea how LH1320 fits into the picture.
All of this would be irrelevant except that teams going through Dubai and arriving at 1740 or through Moscow and arriving 1630 would have been able to just finish the chicken farm task before Hours of Operation there through 2000 ended.
EDITOR's NOTE - I have now fingured out teth Lufthansa situation better due to screencaps provided by puddin. There is no LH1320. The departure time for LH648 was 13:20 (120pm), slightly behind when I reported it leaving. SU536 is also listed on one of those screencaps. It listed the departure time was 0450, which was close to my 0500.
Neobie:
Hi Apskip! *what I just said*
Any idea about the Moscow to Almaty flight? Did they have to connect through Astana?
puddin:
Dan and Andrew spent 17 hours in Dubai, 6am to 11pm they said, if that helps I have no idea, lol
Chateau d If:
Thanks Puddin. That does help nail down the weirdness of it all.
Teams are released at 10:14, 10:24, 10:43, 11:48 pm, and midnight of May 8th
For the flights to Almaty from Delhi I get this:
Nick & Starr, Toni & Dallas and Ken & Tina leaving May 9th
Take LH761 leaving DEL at 2:25 am and arriving in FRA at 7:10 am
Take LH 648 leaving FRA at 1:20 pm and arriving in ALA at 11:50 pm on May 9th
Terence & Sara leaving May 9th "It will be landing in Almaty at 1:20 in the night."
Take Aeroflot SU 536 leaving DEL at 4:30 am and arriving in SVO Moscow at 9:30 am
Take Turkish Ailines TK 1414 leaving SVO at 1:40 pm and arriving in IST Istanbul at 3:55 pm
Take TK 1352 leaving IST at 5:00 pm and arriving in ALA at 1:20 am on May 10th
Dan & Andrew leaving May 9th
Take Emirates EK 513 leaving DEL at 4:15 am and arriving in DXB Dubai at 6:10 am
Take Air Astana KC 898 leaving DXB at 11:15 pm and arriving in ALA at 5:35 am on May 10th
So I definitely agree with Neobie on the extended Pit Stop.
apskip:
Sorry, Neobie, I worked on post #205 above for over an hour and did not look for any other posts in the interim. I doubt that would have changed my mind about the insights I attempted to provide if I had known.
I agree with you and with Chateau that instead of releasing from Delhi on May 7 late evening they did so after a 36 hours extended pitstop the evening of May 8. That makes the Kazakhstan episode on May 9 and departure for and arrival in Moscow on May 10, when we know it is supposed to be.
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