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Old 20th October 2011 | 23:52
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Turning

A " Rate 1 Turn" used to be 3 Degrees per second. For AF447 to have turned 180 degrees in, say, three minutes, would suggest that the aircraft was banked throughout this descent. Would this have averaged more than 10 degrees of bank ?
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