Solution

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With metric convention , the invariant interval is along an inertially moving clock. For constant speed in the ground frame, , so
The aircraft records proper time . The ground duration is measured by a network of clocks at rest in the ideal ground frame, with Einstein synchronisation. Its excess is
Thus the ground-frame duration is longer by about . This is the special-relativistic time dilation contribution under the stated constant-speed assumptions; gravitational potential differences and Earth's rotation are outside this model.

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