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2025-02-26 02:25:28 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EDD0820C6D443EFD344CC3E35BA497D66D2728793DCE573F96743C5186DE38FA
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This route deviates from a direct path of a flight from San Francisco to Houston, there are reasons for this such as winds, traffic, and storm systems that the pilots are trying to avoid. The earth is also curved meaning the most direct path is not necessarily a straight line. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesasquith/2020/02/24/why-planes-dont-fly-in-a-straight-line-on-a-map/
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