November 10, 2005
- A Boeing 777-200LR airliner breaks the world distance record for commercial jetliners by flying nonstop from Hong Kong to London via the Pacific, North America and the Atlantic—a distance of 11,664 nautical miles (21,601 km). The flight took 22 hours and 42 minutes. (Boeing)
Read more about this topic: November 2005 In Science
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