# Airline flight path

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flight-path/468998>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 22, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flight-path/468998 "2008-10-22T01:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flight-path/468998/21 "2008-10-23T15:44:36Z")

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One of the driving forces behind all this was the [Grand Canyon collision](http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/twa_united_airlines_grand_canyon.htm)in 1956.

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