Chapter 468

• The mountains of Azerbaijan are splendid to view. Home to diverse natural phenomena, from the Caucasian Mountains, stately and tall, to the Caspian Sea, blue and salty, the country is a marvel of Mother Nature and a tourist’s delight. But at that moment in time, it was the scene of a dreadful encounter that was about to unfold to its disastrous crescendo.
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• But even above the sounds of the plane as it began to slip, moving down to meet the ground at an alarming speed, even over the frantic appeals being made by the pilot, seeking assistance, the Capo had known that his end was inevitable.