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Old May 3, 2013 | 6:30 am
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Originally Posted by mot29
NW used to fly MSP-SNA-ONT. sna-ont is about 30 miles. 727 as I recall.
noise restrictions at SNA

the flight likely went back to MSP; while they boarded SNA-MSP pax, they only had to fuel for ONT, so could use a lower thrust setting for takeoff and climbout (and every .01 EPR on a 727 made a big difference in the noise pattern)
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