(1) But as Sarah was being interviewed, driven home and put to bed by her aunt, the men who were with her at the end of the night gathered their possessions and were driven the short distance to Momote airfield.
(2) Touchdown at Momote airport Two years ago there were only a couple of flights a week to faraway Manus province.
(3) It’s another second world war airfield, bigger than Momote, blasted and built by the Americans to receive and launch their bombers in the Admiralty Islands campaign.
(4) Some days the passengers transiting at Momote will include a young man, frail-looking, perhaps nursing wounds, escorted by guards.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An injured Iranian asylum seeker arrives at Momote airport after being treated in hospital in Port Moresby In the stifling departure shack an assortment of fly-in-fly-outs wait for the overdue morning Air Niugini flight.
(6) Momote airport has also seen the coming and going of the legions of guards, tradespeople, medics, interpreters and officials required to wrangle, secure, house, assess and care for the asylum seekers.
Motmot
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.