A New York-to-London flight landed in the history books as the fastest subsonic flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
The blog said the 747 jet took advantage of a jet stream in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, which some pilots are using to increase speed and decrease fuel.
A British Airways Boeing 747-400 airplane lands at Heathrow International Airport in London, August, 2 2019. A British Airways Boeing 747-400 airplane lands at Heathrow International Airport in London, August, 2 2019."During its speed record cruise across the Atlantic, BA112 traveled at a consistent Mach 0.86 or 86 percent of the speed of sound," FlightRadar24 said in its posting.
British Airways said the plane had been scheduled to land at 6:25 a.m., but arrived almost two hours early -- at 4:43 a.m. "We always prioritize safety over speed records, but our highly trained pilots made the most of the conditions to get customers back to London well ahead of time," British Airways said in a statement to ABC News.
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