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Wallpaper format: 800 | 1024 | 1152 | 1280 | Send as Postcard Airline / Aircraft Location and Date Photographer Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A330-343X Out Window (Midflight) International Airspace, December 22, 2009 James Eadie Contact Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes Unknown (cn Unknown) Interesting flight over Iraq. We climbed to 48,000 ft and then went way south or Iran. Understood there were some tension between the Swiss and the Arab world.

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Jim Eadie	January 27, 2010 at 07:43PM	Rating: 6
That's what I thought and we even asked the flight attendant about it. She said "not to worry". But like I said, My 7 year old noticed it and then I had to look twice. I do recall we were directly over baghdad at the time. I did ask the pilot on the way out and he confirmed it but did not elaborate why.

Mark Plumley	January 27, 2010 at 01:23PM	Rating: 6
48,000 ft does sound high. The operating ceiling limit is 41,450 ft for the A330

jim Eadie	January 27, 2010 at 12:45PM	Rating: 6
We climbed to 48,000 soon after this was taken...that was what was so strange about it. Even my 7 year old noticed it.

Markus	January 27, 2010 at 04:13AM	Rating: 6
Something tells me you were at 38,000 feet not 48,000 feet.