Airplane First News Today

>> it makes it more difficult, but i would not totally dismiss that possibility. you touched on something a few minutes ago. its true that pilots do sometimes program in alternate routes, stand by routes, secondary waypoints and flight plans that may be needed for some circumstance. we absolutely do that. and its possible still that the airplane was turning because the crew was dealing with some sort of on board problem. you dont always communicate an urgency in the airplane with controllers on ...