Miller's Qatar Airways flight to Dallas made a U-turn about an hour after taking off from Doha. Dr Miller hired a driver that his Doha hotel recommended but that driver took him to the border of Saudi Arabia. A second driver got him through the visa and customs checkpoints and a third drove him from the border to the airport in Riyadh. He arrived back at the airport about three hours ahead of his 10.40 pm departure. It was then he received a call back from the State Department which went to his voicemail, he told the NYT.

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2026 18:17 UTC