British Airways reportedly set a speed record on a transatlantic flight with a Boeing from New York to London in just four hours and 56 minutes.
Pushed by the tailwinds of Storm Ciara, the Boeing 747 crossed the Atlantic at more than 1,287 km / h before touching down at Heathrow at 11:20 pm last night, reports the MailOnline.
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According to some specialized sites, this would be a new record for subsonic passenger planes, because its time exceeds the current record for a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from the company Norwegian. This flight had completed the crossing in five hours and 13 minutes.
The plane was a minute faster than a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350, which landed moments later after also taking off from New York.
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“We always prioritize safety over speed records, but our highly skilled pilots took advantage of the conditions to get customers back to London well in advance,” a British Airways spokesperson told British media The Independent. .
Usually such a flight takes an average of six hours and 13 minutes.
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According to a pilot interviewed on the BBC, the aircraft commander placed the 747 at the heart of the jet stream, which is particularly strong at this time of year.
The fastest transatlantic crossing was completed by a British Airways Concorde which completed the trip in two hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds in 1996 after reaching top speeds of 2,173 km / h.
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