I think in "approximately 4000 nautical miles apart", as I quoted above, the "nautical miles" means ... nautical miles? IDK what else to say to make it clearer.

I think in "approximately 4000 nautical miles apart", as I quoted above, the "nautical miles" means ... nautical miles? IDK what else to say to make it clearer. Bottom of page 8 of this article that i was referring to here https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/NERL%20Major%20Incident%20Investigation%20Preliminary%20Report.pdf https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/NERL%20Major%20Incident...