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Old 3rd June 2009 | 08:41
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BRISTOLRE
 
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From: Notts & Derbyshire border
There are numerous flights leaving Brasil for Europe at this time of the evening. AF have a B744 flying GIG-GRU-CDG, not sure if this would take the same routing as an ETOPS twinjet though.

Other reports have mentioned a Lufthansa aircraft flying a similar northerly track from GRU-FRA that evening and not experiencing any sig wx problems.

I flew back on Saturday evening GIG-LHR on a BA B772, we experienced the usual light-moderate chop for a good few hours from the north east of Brasil, up over FLZ continuring 2hrs north of the Equator on a similar northbound routing. We took significant wx deviation just north of 0 deg before returning back to track.
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