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Old 9th May 2015, 04:02
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mcoates
 
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is really interesting if you look at the historical radar data leading up to what I assume is the accident. The trouble is it is right on the edge of the map range and you seem to lose the aircraft right at the critical moment but it looks like there are two aircraft flying in loose stream formation at approximately 1500 feet heading northbound overwater. Then, one of the symbols stops and the other continues off the screen, it then shows again at the northern end of the island, does a couple of orbits like it is looking for some one and then heads back southbound again, probably looking for the aircraft he was flying with ?

I could very well be wrong but it is very interesting to look at the data provided by the tracking system
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