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Originally Posted by oldE View Post
Quite possible the heat plume of the aircraft's engines was recorded, but it may have just been filtered out as one more airborne people-hauler. Most of the world had no idea of the significance until the flight was over, however it ended.

If you have the capability of observing everything happening in the world, do you also have the resources to view the whole picture in real time?
I really don't think so. Things go un-noticed and when we realize they were significant, then we take some time and review the data.

That might be true except for the 5-ish hours it remained in flight after communications went dark. At that moment, it became very significant with plenty of time to react. Certainly doesn't add up.
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