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C-17 Turned Back Over South Pacific | US News
A U.S. Air Force C-17 en route to Antarctica for critical winter operations was forced to turn back to New Zealand after receiving a warning about a Russian missile launch that posed a potential hazard to flights over the South Pacific. New Zealand’s aviation authority received the alert from Russian air traffic control, initially labeled as “potentially hazardous space activity” before clarifying it was a specific missile launch affecting international airspace. While not a ban, the “Notice to Air Missions” gave pilots the choice to avoid the zone — a decision that disrupted the annual…
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