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It was going from Argentina to Germany and after takeoff it went over a town and then it went direct to Germany. Why did it go over the town instead of going directly to Germany?

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  • $\begingroup$ Which runway did you takeoff from? 11? $\endgroup$ – aeroalias Mar 4 '16 at 0:32
  • $\begingroup$ @aeroalias Yes I think so. $\endgroup$ – kepler22b Mar 4 '16 at 0:35
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It's following a departure procedure.

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The path flown matches the route described for departing Runway 11 with the La Plata 6B departure.

See the map here to visually match up the described departure procedure with the flown path.

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    $\begingroup$ The reason this SID is designed this way? Noise prevention and not overflying Buenos Aires? $\endgroup$ – mins Mar 4 '16 at 7:26

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