Originally Posted by Fake Sealion
Just a bit of fun really, but I have spotted a large twin airliner clearly visible on Google Earth approching the island of Male maldives. The shadow it casts on the wonderfully blue ocean is almost directly below the aircraft.Indicating either A/The image was taken around noon or B/ It was flying Very Very Low! The former is obviously true BUT the LARGE SIZE of the shadow is odd!!! Take a look and give us your opinion!
To find it enter 4 18 17.67 N 73 27 27.67 E and "decend" to about 8000'
Hope you find it.!
Male airport looks kinda cool also!
Interesting to see them. Also makes me wonder what people are doing with their time...
I'm guessing it's an A320. Obvious Airbus product due to the number of 'canoe' fairings (flap track fairings) visible on the trailing edge of the wings.
The plane type can probably be identified by measuring the relationship between wingspan and fuselage length and then matching that up with known Airbus products.