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Originally posted by DreamingsFree
reply to post by SlasherOfVeils
Good catch. That said, I still hope that when he leaves (or left) the airport, he leaves a trail of false leads behind him so that he can safely get to where he's going well before anyone figures out how he's getting there. After the info that has been revealed so far, I suspect there are some unknown and perhaps unexpected people who are willing to go to great lengths to help him out. I mean "help him out" as in protect him from the clutches of you know who.
Originally posted by TechUnique
Imagine if by writing this thread you've given away his position and gotten some NSA goon a promotion..
“Westbound transatlantic flights take particular tracks that are determined by the weather conditions,” he said. “It is likely that Snowden is not on board that airplane, but that the North Atlantic Tracks have been moved South because of weather conditions prevailing over Greenland and part of Iceland at the moment,” Yates added.
Originally posted by SlasherOfVeils
So I noticed this on another site (which is now removed) but it contained a link of flight information for AFL 150 from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Jose Marti International in Cuba. Check it out:
flightaware.com...
Sure, another regular old flight from Russia to Cuba crossing the Atlantic,almost a straight shot directly across the atlantic landing in Cuba. However, please take the time to look at ANY of the previous flights and you'll see something interesting: the route this flight on Jul 11 is quite different, as every other route takes the plane into the northern hemisphere, over Greenland, then turns south over Eastern US.
I have no facts and no MSM source (like MSM is ever useful anyway), nor anything to go on beyond the speculation based on the fact that this flight changed its route specifically only for this one flight to Cuba.
From Cuba, should Snowdne have been on this flight, he should easily be able to connect to Venezuela or Nicaragua for asylum. Personally, I do hope he was able to leave the Russian transit zone. This man has done us all (atleast those who care and/or pay attention) a great favor, regardless of the circumstances.
...Discuss!edit on 11-7-2013 by SlasherOfVeils because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TechUnique
Imagine if by writing this thread you've given away his position and gotten some NSA goon a promotion..
A former U.S. intelligence officer, who is still in the transit area of Sheremetyevo, calls to his Russian and foreign human rights activists and lawyers. In the second half of the day he is going to make a statement. Representatives of the Moscow airport confirm this information. "Today is planning to organize a meeting with representatives of Mr. Snowden international human rights organizations at the airport" Sheremetyevo ". Presumably meeting will take place in 17.00 in the transit area of the airport. For its part, the airport authority provides a platform to meet and pass directly to representatives of organizations in the area of security limitations, that is, in the transit area. Currently, Mr. Snowden is located within the airport "Sheremetyevo", - said Head of Public Relations Center of the airport "Sheremetyevo" Anna Zakharenkova. Shortly before that, Snowden re looking for in a plane flying to Cuba. Reporters noticed a strange route, which was flying airliner carrying out flight number 150 from Moscow to Havana. Instead of the usual flight over Greenland and along the east coast of the United States, this - passed over Poland, Germany, France and the Atlantic Ocean. This path is longer and potentially more dangerous. Reporters immediately speculated that the aircraft changed course, avoiding the area of responsibility of the U.S. air traffic controllers, and so on-board Snowden. In Havana, however, was not a fugitive, and, as it turned out, everything was basic: over Greenland at the time was severe turbulence and the ship flew it up. Moreover, several other aircraft also had to change course.
"We are receiving a large volume of calls about Aeroflot 150, en route from Moscow to Havana asking if the Southern routing across the Atlantic Ocean is typical and asking if this routing avoids US airspace.
"Because of winds (which blow East), the flight generally takes a more Northern route, up over Iceland, through Canada, and down the Eastern seaboard. However, on days when the winds are light or unusual, it can be more favorable to take a more Southern route which also avoids the additional overflight fees from Canada and the U.S. The route being flown today is comparable distance to the Northern/Canada route, although it appears significantly more direct due to flat projections of a curved Earth. The flight duration today is about the same as the last couple weeks, which suggest they're taking this routing due to winds/overflight fees. The last two times we saw this flight take a similar route were June 20 and June 8.
"On the route it's flying today, it will fly in U.S. airspace; the U.S. controls most of the Western half of the North Atlantic. To actually avoid U.S. airspace, a flight from Moscow to Havana would likely have to fly South to (approximately) Western Sahara and then West, which would be about 30% further than either of the routings discussed above."