CNN This Hour With Berman and Michaela March 17, 2014 15:23:00
Plane. think of this plane, if flying at 35,000 feet. that's the optimum flight pattern. a plane at 35,000 feet is making the best use of its fuel, nuup the stratosphere. it is doing what it ought to do. if you talk about it flying much lower, a much altitude. i'm just picking 5,000 arbitrarily. we have had some reports but that but we are talking about this arbitrarily. you have heard pie the lpilots about flying above this weather. flying in the himalayans would severely impact the performance in relation to the fuel, reducing its efficiency by 30%,
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