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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Efrem
AA's ORD-DEL (Chicago-Delhi) flights can. The great circle route is within 100 miles. Depending on the winds on a given day, the pole can be to the right or left of the actual flight path. Statistically, the chances are excellent that occasionally, for all practical purposes, they go right over it.
Indeed.

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