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| An early start from Casablanca at 0530Z | Engines running, flight plan filed | Taxiing to runway 35R |
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| Starting takeoff run | Airborne | Leaving Mohammed V International Airport |
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| Now heading east for Cairo | Accelerating and climbing to cruise altitude | Leveling out at an initial cruise altitude of 37000 feet |
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| Leaving Morocco and entering Algerian airspace | Now following the coast of Algeria (still flying along the airways) | Passing Algiers half an hour later, but the ground is hidden by fog |
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| Approaching Tunisia | Crossing the border | Cruising above the Mediterranean in low visibility conditions |
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| Passing Malta, where the weather is better again | Malta International Airport | Continuing east towards Egypt |
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| Climbing to a higher cruise altitude now that the plane is a bit lighter | At 39000 feet above the Mediterranean | 150 nm out from Cairo, starting the descent |
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| Passing Alexandria | Flying over the international airport | Leaving Alexandria and descending below 20000 feet |
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| Continuing towards Cairo | Approaching the Nile, slowing down | Further inland you can already see the Sahara... |
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| ...and on the other side there's the Nile | Sand dunes? Or maybe just cloud shadows... ;) | Marginal visibility all of a sudden |