British Airways flight breaks subsonic JFK to Heathrow speed record due to Storm Ciara

[tacobell fan]

According to Flightradar24, a British Airways plane has broken the subsonic record for the fastest passenger flight from New York to London because of winds from Storm Ciara. The Boeing 747 departing John F Kennedy airport on Saturday reached Heathrow in four hours 56 minutes.

[Cathedral]

How much is it supposed to take

[tacobell fan]

 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, Cathedral said:

How much is it supposed to take

6 hr 13 mins avg 

[tacobell fan]

British Airways comments

 

"We always prioritise safety over speed records. Our highly-trained pilots made the most of the conditions to get customers back to London well ahead of time." — BBC News

[redsox]

😮😮

[kittaya]

2 hours ago, tacobell fan said:

 

Vigin airways reply.. 

[sattipandu]

Can someone tell me the exact mach speed they achieved.

[redsox]

21 minutes ago, sattipandu said:

Can someone tell me the exact match speed they achieved.

Mach

[sattipandu]

1 minute ago, redsox said:

Mach

Yeah auto corrected