Depends on which side of the flat Earth you are on
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Triumph@fedia.io 2 months ago
... Wouldn't the flight path be over the South Pole?
mkwt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s a rule that the flight has to be within so many minutes of a diversion airport at all times, and this is hard to do in Antarctica.
Nowadays, 180 minutes is fairly common, and there are some planes and airlines that can go to 240 or even as high as 370.
jqubed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On a globe, yes. If the earth were flat as depicted in the above map with Antarctica as the edge then no. This simply points out one of the many illogical points to flat earth conspiracies.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
The great circle route doesn’t quite get over Antarctica, but it’s close. Planes generally avoid going over Antarctica for safety reasons even when it’s technically the shortest route. It’s better to go down in cold ocean where there’s a chance of being picked up by a boat, rather than going down over an icy hellscape where nobody can get to you.