This Christmas Santa will be working with Air Traffic Control Australia to make sure he gets to all 10 million houses around the country in time. 9News
This Christmas Santa will be working with Air Traffic Control Australia to make sure he gets to all 10 million houses around the country in time.
Air Traffic Control is calling the important mission Operation: Present Drop. Air Traffic controller Monique Renahan said while Santa's flight path is classified, she can let Nine in on some key details."He will start his journey in the Pacific Islands, make his way down to New Zealand, then he's going to shoot straight across to us starting off in Norfolk Island," she saidSantas flight path will zig-zag across Australia beofre heading to his next destination.
Santa's call sign is SleighRider1, he will be travelling 150 metres above the ground and will be flying at top speeds while talking to Air Traffic control.Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a special US military unit monitors the skies for weapons capable of destroying whole cities. But the North American Aerospace Defence Command , takes on a different task – tracking Santa.NORAD will give minute-by-minute updates as to where Santa's sleigh is around the world.
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