Originally Posted by
canadianpilgrim
I was flying from Calcutta to Delhi. It was about 50 minutes into the flight that we turned up and right. The other plane was heading in the opposite direction.
The probable
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Computed route from NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE INVE (VECC, VE) to INDIRA GANDHI INTL (VIDP, VI): 8 fixes, 714.5 nautical miles
Cruise altitude between FL330 and FL400
VECC (0.0nm) -SID-> TEPAL (131.0nm) -R460-> GGC (229.8nm) -R460->
BBN (351.0nm) -R460-> LLK (483.4nm) -R594-> JAL (569.5nm) -R594->
SSB (680.9nm) -STAR-> VIDP (714.5nm)
Details:
ID FREQ TRK DIST Coords Name/Remarks
VECC 0 0 N22°39'17.06" E088°26'48.20" NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE INVE
TEPAL 303 131 N23°48'42.20" E086°26'03.20" TEPAL
GGC 115 306 99 N24°44'30.80" E084°56'37.90" GAYA
BBN 113.9 292 121 N25°27'14.50" E082°51'33.30" VARANASI
LLK 113.1 307 132 N26°45'43.90" E080°52'49.70" LUCKNOW
JAL 115.8 311 86 N27°41'39.60" E079°39'20.20" JALALABAD
SSB 112.4 293 111 N28°23'36.20" E077°42'29.20" SIKANDRABAD
VIDP 288 34 N28°33'59.40" E077°06'11.12" INDIRA GANDHI INTL
Tracks are magnetic, distances are in nautical miles. VECC SID TEPAL R460 LLK R594 SSB STAR VIDP
You must have experienced the turn when the aircraft turned towards Lucknow after crossing Varanasi coming from Gaya. That is the only major turn that should noticed by the cabin.
A little map for reference