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Old 12th Nov 2013, 12:11
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Originally Posted by Sober Lark
All the information available lead them to believe they would make it to Dubai but they only got as far as Kuwait. How do you interpret that margin of error?
They knew from the outset that they wouldn't get to Dubai. Kuwait was chosen as it was close enough to position a relief 380 there at the same time as they would arrive.
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