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Nov 11, 2005 18:39

Boeing breaks record for longest nonstop flight:
New 777-200LR Worldliner lands in London after trip of over 13,422 miles.

A Boeing 777-200LR touches down at London’s Heathrow airport Thursday, having flown over 11,664 miles from Hong Kong on the longest nonstop flight by a commercial jet.


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tayliah November 15 2005, 05:34:39 UTC
..we saw our second sunrise of the trip *gawk* wow.

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euro_in_america November 17 2005, 02:57:44 UTC
Yeah, that would be cool. Nearly 23 hours in the air means that one could basically go from Europe to Australia nonstop. Being the travel geek, I'm now awaiting further info on the new airbus.

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