From September 1990 to September 1994, Huddle served in
Myanmar as the
chargé d'affaires ad interim. While serving as the
Consul General of the United States, Mumbai, Huddle and his wife, Chanya, nicknamed "Pom", survived the crash of
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked on November 23, 1996. Huddle said that he chose to fly on Ethiopian Airlines while planning a
safari trip to
Kenya due to its outstanding reputation and having
Federal Aviation Administration certification, adding that a daytime flight was "safer". In another interview for the
Mayday 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. 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. Huddle and his wife have one child. ==References==