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Old 01-10-2020, 04:55 PM   #233
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Default 63 Canadians killed after civilian airliner shot down.

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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101 View Post
Ah I see now. The crash site is far off the flightpath that would have required a turn after losing contact. I was still thinking the crash site was in the neighborhood ahead of it like in earlier reports.


There are two international airports serving Tehran. The flight took off from the bottom one and based on the flight path above could have been heading back to the top one if it was under control.

Edit: though it’s turning much more sharply than it would to reach the other runway.


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