Franklin Pierce "Frank" Huddle Jr. (born May 9, 1943) is an American diplomat. Huddle has the

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Early life and education

A native of

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in 1965. Huddle received two degrees from

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ern history and languages in 1970 and a

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Career

From September 1990 to September 1994, Huddle served in

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as the

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''ad interim''. While serving as the

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, Huddle and his wife, Chanya "Pom" Huddle, survived the crash of

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines (commonly referred to as Ethiopian; am, የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, translit=Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly ''Ethiopian Air Lines'' (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by ...

Flight 961, which was hijacked on November 23, 1996. Huddle said that he chose to fly on Ethiopian Airlines while planning a

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trip to

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due to its outstanding reputation and having

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certification adding that a daytime flight was "safer". In another interview for the ''

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'' television series, he said when the captain announced to the cabin that it was time for passengers to don life jackets, he heard the sounds of inflation after he and his wife put theirs on; he then stood up and told the passengers in all three cabins not to inflate their jackets inside the plane. Huddle credits his and his wife's survival to a last-minute upgrade to business class. Huddle served as

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. He received an appointment on October 1, 2001 and presented his credentials on October 26, 2001. He left the Tajikistan post on October 9, 2003.Tajikistan
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''. Accessed October 28, 2008. Huddle and his wife have one child.

References

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