Starting off the year with a bang, the low-cost airline Norwegian broke transatlantic records this month. On January 15th, the airline’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner made it from New York City to London in only a matter of 5 hours and 13 minutes!
Before Norwegian’s speedy flight, the previous record for fastest flight from New York City to London was set back in January 2015 by British Airways. Beating British Airways’ record by three whole minutes, passengers on board this flight made it to London over an hour earlier than originally planned.
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barnyz/Flickr Usually this 3,458-mile long flight takes about 5 hours and 45 minutes to complete, but winter flights from the U.S. to Europe have a history of being shorter. Going roughly 200 mph faster than usual, Norwegian’s Dreamliner reached incredible speeds of 776 mph when it found itself being pushed along by a jet stream.
As if the idea of going 776 mph wasn’t mind blowing enough, the pilot of the Dreamliner, Captain Harold van Dam, claims that the flight could’ve been even shorter if there wasn’t as much turbulence. Wow!
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Usually this 3,458-mile long flight takes about 5 hours and 45 minutes to complete, but winter flights from the U.S. to Europe have a history of being shorter. Going roughly 200 mph faster than usual, Norwegian’s Dreamliner reached incredible speeds of 776 mph when it found itself being pushed along by a jet stream.
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