Originally Posted by
BOAC
One of the many puzzles I have lies in the (by now basic) assumption that the a/c for some reason 'tracked' along the 40degree Inmarsat arc. Do we not think that would be a remarkable co-incidence?
I think most of us realise that the 40 deg arc is an ambiguous position line with a margin of error quoted as up to+/- 50km.