Well , from my reading i think the plane my cross the Atlantic ocean to West Africa. "The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between the Americas to the west, and Eurasia and Africa to the east".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean

"The Atlantic Ocean is essentially an S-shaped north-south channel, extending from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Antarctic continent in the south and situated between the eastern coast of the American continents and the western coasts of Europe and Africa"
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/geoghist/histories/history/hiscountr...

Category:Countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Countries_bordering_the_Atlantic_O...

What countries border the Atlantic Ocean?

"Canada,the USA, Brazil, Uraguay & Argentina. South Africa,Namibia, Angola,Congo,Equatorial Guinea,Nigeria, Dahomey,Benin, Ghana,Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mauretania, Morocco, Portugal,Spain, France,Ireland Great Britain & Norway are most of the countries that border the Atlantic".

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