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Is this a known flight path or would someone actually have to be flying physically in this direction? >> the plane could be on auto pilot, what we call heading mode. there doesn't have to be a flight plan for the flight to be on automatic flight. you could point in a direction at 360 degrees at altitude and speed and the airplane would just fly that. you don't actually need a path. it can still be on auto pilot. >> what was toautopilot when the plane runs out of fuel? >> auto pilot will disengage. it will keep gliding until it hits. >> it doesn't go to a nose dive? >> no. it will start to -- >...
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