text:  With that request denied, Adamas asked air traffic control to contact the military in the north of Cyprus before he had to decide if it was safe to land. Surely they had seen something. Within 30 seconds, the answer came back, which surprised me. Everything is quiet in Carina and they instruct me to land as soon as possible. Years later, he found out why the reply came so quickly. The air traffic control centre had been taken over.