The Longest Nonstop Flight Ever
This is 3 hrs longer then it would take to travel between the 2 locations, but still eight half hours less than the longest nonstop International flights currently on the books. That would be Singapore airlines flight 21 for 18 and half hours. This International Flights from Newark, New Jersey to Singapore, which is a staggering 9535 miles.Another thing that involves turbulence for people is misplaced suitcases, but I doubt it"s nowhere near as horrible as the people who had lost the following items. The items are amongst that were permanently separated from their owners, was, a full suit of armor, a rare violin from 1770, a 5.8 carat diamond ring and a painting highly valued at nearly $20,000.
Compared to that information, flight delays do not seem to be that bad. Even when compared with US airways flight 807 that went from Charlotte, NC to Hawaii, which was late 100% of the time late last year. Luckily for travelers headed for the islands at the same time, there was an airline that flew on time nearly 9 out of 10 times, with no cancellations. That would be domestic defending champion, Hawaiian Airlines. So our hats go off for Hawaiian for their continuing performance.
This week"s bad news is a volcano beneath Iceland"s glacier which began erupting and no, this isn"t a name invented by someone falling asleep with their head on the keyboard. This turned Northern Europe into a no-fly zone and stranded travelers on six different continents. About 100 planes have flown into volcanic ashes between 1983 and 2000 and it shuts down the plane"s engine for a moment. A KLM Boeing 747 flew through some ashes in 1989 and it lost all powers dropping from 25,000 feet to 12,000 feet before the crew was able to take it over again.