CHAPTER 24LITTLE BILLY
The wet season had started. Giant, gray storms rolled down to the coast from the hinterland, bringing heavy rains and winds during the afternoon. At night, they would join shoulder to shoulder off the coast and provide some spectacular lightning shows, accompanied by rolls of thunder until morning.
The rain brought increased challenges aside from the normal flying hazards of severe winds, lightning, and turbulence. It generally turned the airstrips up country to muddy red quagmires. Some small airstrips became completely unusable. My workload fell considerably during this time, and when I did fly, the risks were much higher.
The investigation of the Varig Airline accident by the Liberian government did not take long. No public accident report was published. I hear
