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the australian airline Qantas made the longest flight in its history since Buenos Aires towards Darwin. FR24 and Qantas photos
With one of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and on the occasion of the repatriation of Australians stranded in About America, Qantas made what has been the longest flight in its history.
Why did they make this flight?? How long did it last? AND, why did they do it? Here I tell you all the details of this particular flight.
Longest flight in Qantas history
If we have seen anything in this pandemic, is that flights have taken place that would never have been possible, uniting cities never before connected, flying record distances and times.
The repatriation flight took off at 12:44 pm local time in Buenos Aires, following the south of Argentina, skirting the edge of Antarctica before crossing the Australian coast at 5:28 pm (AEDT) and land in Darwin at 6.39 pm local time last night.
Qantas' first non-stop flight between Buenos Aires and Darwin flew entirely in daylight with mild conditions, experienced average headwinds of up to 35 kilometers per hour and temperatures as low as -75 degrees Celsius while flying over Antarctica.
Is not the longest flight in the world, but yes for Qantas, landing in Darwin (a center specialized in forty) from Buenos Aires.
Why?
Australia keeps its borders closed, except with New Zealand, so arriving on commercial flights from the world is almost impossible, so he joined hundreds of Australians stranded in Buenos Aires to take them on a single flight back home.. QF14 transported 107 passengers and flew non-stop from Buenos Aires to Darwin.
How long was the flight?
The plane was in flight for 17 hours and 25 minutes.
How far did you travel??
The flight from Buenos Aires to Darwin covered 14.683 kilometres, what it was 184 km more than the London-Perth flight, Qantas' longest previously commercial flight.
Since March 2020, The airline has operated hundreds of charter and repatriation flights on behalf of the Australian Government to bring Australians home during the COVID19 pandemic., flying to 31 destinations abroad, included 19 that are not part of the airline's regular network.
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