As a result, planes were kept in a holding pattern, sometimes three or four miles apart, until they were cleared to land.

结果，飞机均被保持在等待航线状态，有时相隔三四英里，直至它们得到降落指示。

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"It has been really challenging to simulate atmospheric wind-pattern change over the Indian Ocean because the system is very, very complicated because of the land," han said.

“由于陆地形状的原因，整个系统变得非常，非常复杂，这让模拟印度洋上大气中的风向规律变化真的很有挑战性，”Han称。

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“It has been really challenging to simulate atmospheric wind-pattern change over the Indian Ocean because the system is very, very complicated because of the land,” Han said.

“由于陆地形状的原因，整个系统变得非常，非常复杂，这让模拟印度洋上大气中的风向规律变化真的很有挑战性，”Han 称。

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This, too, was the pattern in other republics which also have land borders with Afghanistan.

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"We have been basically in a holding pattern for the last couple of months, waiting to find out what runway strip we are going to land on, " Ivers said in an interview from Indiana, where he was traveling.

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