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the Plane of airline British Airways departing from new York to London broke the record of duration of flight across the Atlantic.
the Aircraft managed to overcome the route in just 4 hours and 56 minutes, according to RIA Novosti.
previously, the fastest to fly across the ocean could in 4 hours and 57 minutes. The record belonged to the planes of Virgin Atlantic.
the reason for the new record called storm Kiara, which influenced the development speed of the aircraft. In particular, the British airliner was able to develop it to 1327 miles per hour.
Previously, the plane flight London – Sydney broke the world record. Flight from London to Sydney was a kind of “test of endurance” to find out whether people will be able to withstand a long flight. It lasted 19 hours, the length of the route amounted to 17.8 thousand kilometers.
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