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Because the government did say that these lines may in dikate that the plane was on the ground, that is the shortest distance to get there. otherwise they run out of fuel. how did they get here? >> this is one arc of a gps ping. but we don't have the gps. we only have g. you need at three at least and they will cross at one point and that would have been right there. we have one satellite and that is out here 22,000 miles in space. it pinged the place and they know the time and angle to do that and they also know the signal strength to get back to that satellite. that is the same distance.