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How AN124 pilot could've avoided all the trouble
Updated On: 22 June, 2009 08:13 AM IST | | Aditya Anand
Had he flown a little to the left, he would not even have entered Indian air space
Had he flown a little to the left, he would not even have entered Indian air space
A minute error in judgment caused the 23-hour-59-minute ordeal involving the AN124 aircraft, which is operated by the US defence forces.
The problem began when the aircraft flying from the Diago Garcia island in the Indian Ocean to Kandahar in Afghan-istan entered Indian airspace by flying within 200 nautical miles of the Indian coastline at 7.35 pm on Friday (see box).
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