Longest non-stop passenger flight arrives safely in Sydney

Qantas Captain Sean Golding speaks to the media during a press conference at Sydney International Airport. Image: AAP/PA Images Qantas Captain Sean Golding speaks to the media during a press conference at Sydney International Airport. Image: AAP/PA Images THE LONGEST NON-STOP passenger flight touched down in Australia this morning after more than 19 hours in the air, a milestone journey from New York that Qantas hopes to parlay into commercial success.

Just 49 people travelled on the Boeing 787-9 to minimise the weight on board and give the plane sufficient fuel range to travel more than 16,000 kilometres without re-fuelling.“This is the first of three test flights that’s going to come up with recommendations about how we manage pilot fatigue how we actually manage passenger jetlag,” he told reporters after arriving in Sydney.

Six hours later, they were served a high-carbohydrate meal, told to avoid screens, and the lights were dimmed to encourage them to sleep through the night. “It’s all an experiment to see if airlines can adjust their schedule of food, beverages, exercise and lighting to be in sync with the destination time.”

That's a helluva lotta fuel to transfer 49 'special' people from one place to another on Earth.

So it can’t go fully loaded? Then I have to ask what’s the point of this “research” 🤔

Yes so now it needs to done with people

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