The flight was carrying 71 people, including 48 foreign passengers, from the city of Mandalay to Heho airport in Shan State, the gateway to a popular tourist destination, Inle Lake, Air Bagan said in a statement Tuesday evening that revised earlier figures.
It seems that John Brennan felt so frustrated and powerless in the face of security measures on Tuesday evening that the only option left to him, beyond driving to his destination rather than flying, was to transform his powerlessness into a political statement by making himself as vulnerable as possible.