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Originally Posted by Cube Inmate
Question for the pilots here....
There's a UAL 747 enroute from England right now, but looking at their flight path they've taken an extremely indirect route that's roughly 650 statute miles longer than the direct "great circle" route. Why would they do this?
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1820
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I would guess the NATS(North Atlantic Tracks) are likely more south then north.
Edit: Added image of NATS.