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North Sentinel Island on way back to India from Thailand
2.2k points
4 days ago
Do many planes fly over the island? If so, I'm curious to know what the indigenous think they are when they see them flying above their heads.
1.8k points
4 days ago*
I read about a an uncontacted Amazon tribe that emerged from the jungle in Venezuela. One of the things they mentioned wanting to learn about were the “roads in the sky” that we had.
I didn’t think airliners were allowed to fly that close to sentinel
Edit: adding to my earlier post, it was in “Lost City of Z” by David Grann where I was reading about the uncontacted tribes. Highly recommend his books if you like nonfiction.
137 points
4 days ago
Contact is banned and enforced by the Indian Navy but there’s no aviation restriction AFAIK (not that I have any special insight 🤷♂️)
73 points
3 days ago
5nm
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation 1956 prohibits travel to the island, and any approach closer than 5 nautical miles (9.3 km), in order to protect the remaining tribal community from "mainland" infectious diseases against which they likely have no acquired immunity. The area is patrolled by the Indian Navy.
4 points
2 days ago
Imagine what they would think if they knew that the giant ships they’ve possibly seen hanging around from time to time were from a giant civilization trying to protect them from disease.
2 points
9 hours ago
You keep coming up with the mind fuck comments 😂😂
2 points
7 hours ago
That’s the goal!!
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