I think this was a technical glitch and the original flight code disappeared (so it was extrapolated where the airplane might be following a great circle in general direction) and the real flight was tracked on another flight code.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/7l232#2dac6cc3
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/7l232#2dac70d1