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"Whatwhat did you say?"

"We're over land!"

"Land?"

"Directly beneath us," she said, eyes blank with confusion "A passenger pointed it out to me"

Rubin shook his head doubtfully "Impossible We have to be over theboats The captain said we y study"

"See for yourself," she pleaded "The ground is co"

He stepped over to the galleyand looked down Instead of the dark waters of the Atlantic there was a gli under the aircraft no h for the ice crystals to reflect the strobe flashes fro to make some sense out of what his eyes told him was true

If this was an e, why hadn't the captain alerted the ns had not been turned on

Aled in conversation Only Hala Kamil was sound asleep Several representatives fro from an economic mission to the World Bank headquarters, were huddled around a table in the tail section Director of Foreign Financing Minister Salazar talked in grim undertones The atmosphere around the table was dampened by defeat Mexico had suffered a disastrous econoh technical bankruptcy with no ht

Dread flared within Rubin, and the words rustled fro on?"

The flight attendant muttered as Her face paled and her eyes widened

"Shouldn't we begin eency procedures?"

"Don't alarers Not yet anyway Let me check with the captain first"

"Is there time?"

"I don't know"