AF447

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Originally Posted by Enkidelaplaya

Just keep to facts:

- the Air Comet pilot who said he saw a bright light wasn't on his normal path to Madrid but had to re-rout and go east (closer to the AF 447) due to bad weather. Yet, it is unsure if he was close enough to the missing Airbus. The Air Comet flight was 7° north and 49° west while the AF 447 was something like 30° west.
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The Air Comet flight was over 2,000 km away. They could not have seen AF447. This is from the closed thread: http://www.pprune.org/4974157-post912.html

Great Circle Mapper



LIM (12°01'19"S 77°06'52"W) 07°00'00"N 49°00'00"W 2028 nm
07°00'00"N 49°00'00"W LIS (38°46'53"N 09°08'09"W) 2875 nm

RIO (22°54'S 43°14'W) CDG (49°00'35"N 02°32'52"E) 4950 nm

07°00'00"N 49°00'00"W 03°17'24"N 30°24'00"W 100° 1135 nm

That is too far to see anything other than a metor. (probably was a very big exploding meteor)

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