Record for the longest non-stop flight

Flight Boeing 787-9 airline Qantas (Flight)Australia) New York - Sydney has become the longest non-stop flight. This is evidenced by data on FlightAware.

Total flight time from USA In Australia, it is 19 hours and 14 minutes. The aircraft covered 16 thousand 309 kilometers and landed 37 minutes late.

Previously, the longest non-stop flight was from Newark to Singapore. It lasted 18 hours and 50 minutes, and covered a distance of 15 thousand 345 km.

The longest non-stop flight of a non-commercial aircraft in history was recorded in 1986 - the record was set by the pilot of Voyager. The aircraft was in the air without refueling for 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds, and covered a distance of more than 40 thousand km.

Source: ria