Sentences with phrase «remote airstrip»

Set in a heavily forested part of the Oregon coast, a boy is kidnapped by four desperate bank robbers who plan to use his expert navigation skills to locate a remote airstrip.

Then came nine days of preparation in McMurdo Station, the main U.S. base in Antarctica, and nine more days stranded by weather at a remote airstrip deep inside the WAIS.

He hoped to reach a remote tribe, thought to be one of the last on Earth to have no contact with the outside world, but was discovered by a Christian missionary worker at a remote airstrip in the heart of the country where roads have been cut off because of tribal fighting.

In a statement, his agent Jo Sarsby said: «At 5 pm local time (PNG) Mr Keith Copley, the Coordinating Director for New Tribe Mission in Papua New Guinea confirmed in writing that Benedict Allen was safe, well and healthy and is presently located at a remote airstrip 20 miles northwest of Porgera, Enga Province.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner who has joined Mr Allen on some of his expeditions in the past, told BBC Breakfast that Mr Allen had tracked «huge distances» to reach the remote airstrip.

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The funding is for critical safety upgrades at remote and isolated airstrips across Australia, including in remote Indigenous communities.