Boeing breaks record for longest nonstop commercial flight
A Boeing 777-200LR touches down at London’s Heathrow
airport Thursday, having flown over 11,664 miles from
Hong Kong on the longest nonstop flight by a commercial jet.
Image source: MSNBC / Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images.
airport Thursday, having flown over 11,664 miles from
Hong Kong on the longest nonstop flight by a commercial jet.
Image source: MSNBC / Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty Images.
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
A Boeing Co. jet arrived in London from Hong Kong on Thursday, breaking the record for the longest nonstop flight by a commercial jet.
The 777-200LR Worldliner — one of Boeing’s newest planes — touched down shortly after 1 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) at London’s Heathrow Airport after a journey of more than 13,422 miles. The previous record was set when a Boeing 747-400 flew 10,500 miles from London to Sydney in 1989.
posted by Fergie @ 11/10/2005 10:51:00 AM
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