Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Or....
Maybe R578B wasn’t active at the time and the aircraft flew at 3,000’ to the boundary of the Willytown C and orbited in the Anna Bay Area while requesting a clearance.
Just speculation.
This is probably a good time to mention that R578A-G are only ever activated in conjunction with the Willy CTR and vice versa (ie no R578 = no CTR)