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Old Jul 28, 2023 | 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by Antarius
Typically, they do. Some reasons could be much heavier than expected winds, airspace closures on the planned route, bad weather requiring a much longer route than originally planned, issues at diversion airports etc.
I agree that it is strange for a 772 - a 772 definitely has the legs to do longer routes so the delay/impact would have had to be fairly significant to be an issue.
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