Maybe it went a different route?
I noticed this when we went to Las Vegas a couple of years ago - we went via Greenland. I figured that it must be because of the curvature of the earth or something.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Mon 1 Jun 2009, 12:43,
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What, 8 hours on a direct flight and still near the Brazilian coast? Surely not.
I suspect they lost contact much earlier than 06:00 and thought it was just a transponder failure and didn't raise the alarm.
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Three Dog Man,
Mon 1 Jun 2009, 12:48,
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