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Flight route from San Francisco to Dubai. Two maps, two perspectives. (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Checking the map here, maybe they're going well around Moscow airspace? Also, if they were to take a straighter shot from Greenland today, they'd be flying through an active war zone, that's surely worth avoiding.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn’t there this one civilian flight that got shot by a missile when it went over a warzone? I recall hearing some news about it like 10 years ago. Can’t remember who shot them though.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be Malaysian Airlines 17, shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile over Donetsk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that’s the one. Sounds like a good idea to steer clear of war zones.