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Originally Posted by CSB
Looks like from North Korea around the eastern boundry of China (I hope that China would not have given them overflight rights); then cut the corner near Viet Nam to Thailand. That between 2,500~3,000 miles.
Then roughly another 2,000 miles to Sri Lanka.
And from there: Yemen? Somalia? Iran? Sudan? even Syria? (with another refueling stop along the way).
I'd like to see what the cockpit had in the way of maps, commo, and manifests.
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Possibly, however there is still an active Tamil insurgency in northern Sri Lanka.
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The Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka are undoubtedly one of the most organized, effective and brutal terrorist groups in the world. They invented the suicide vest and, according to the FBI, are the only terrorist group to have assassinated two world leaders. The rebels, based in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, have been waging a violent offensive against the central government on and off for more than 20 years.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...#ixzz0ZgOsS8SP
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