After just over 19 hours, fifty passengers and the crew arrived at the Sydney airport, after taking off from New York.
The Australian airline Qantas took another step to fulfill its ambitions to launch ultra-long-distance travel after completing the non-stop commercial flight between the United States and Australia, which landed successfully at the Sydney airport this morning after just over 19 hours of flight
Fifty passengers and crew of the Qantas airline were equipped with technological devices to test their well-being during the flight on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Australia’s ABC said.
The Australian airline tested the longest commercial flight in the world, to know the limits that both passengers and crew and pilots can withstand.
The research will be collected in the hope of minimizing the time lag and helping pilots manage their work and rest patterns.
This was the first of three test flights, to ensure that flying over such long distances can be done safely and comfortably.
The flight departed on the eve of John F. Kennedy airport at 9:00 p.m. local time and landed in Sydney after approximately 19 hours and 16 minutes.
Never before has any commercial airline undertaken a flight of 16,200 continuous kilometers, the distance between these two cities.
The aircraft had a load of gasoline that exceeds 100 thousand kilograms, enough to land with a surplus that would allow it to fly 70 more minutes. Almost half the weight of the plane at the time of takeoff will be fuel.
Qantas considers introducing the New York service to Sydney by flying on the Boeing 787-9 since 2022.
Source: Multimedios
