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| At Fiji's Nadi International Airport in a cargo 757, a few hours before real time sunrise | Starting engines after programming the FMS | Taxiing in the dark |
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| Rolling | Silhouette of the 757 taking off | |
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| Autopilot engaged for climbout | Now turning on course east | |
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| Passing Navua NDB | Cruising above the Pacific at FL350 | |
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| Very dark, not much to see during the flight | Starting descent after a little over an hour of cruising | Passing above Samoa (not the American one yet) |
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| Hints of sunlight starting to appear on the horizon | ||
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| Another plane passing by some 1000 feet below | ||
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| Arriving in American Samoa | The other plane is still ahead, probably on the same approach | |
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| Turning final for NSTU - we should have plenty of separation already | ||
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| Still a bit too high above the glideslope | ||