A Boeing 747 which ensured the connection New York – London carried out the trip in 4:56 am helped by a very powerful “jet stream”. This high air current intensifies the Ciara storm which is sweeping over France and northern Europe this Sunday and Monday.
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More than 1 hour early. A Boeing 747-400 which flew between New York (JFK) and London (Heathrow) connected the two cities at more than 1,100 km / h on average last night. The aircraft took 4:56 to complete the 5,554 km crossing instead of … 6:13. It was pushed by a very powerful “Jet stream”, this high air current which brings disturbances on the European coasts – in particular the storm Ciara – and also, by the way, a temperate climate in our latitudes.
The previous record on this route was set by a Norwegian Boeing 787 in January 2018 with a flight completed in 5:13, says the site FlightRadar24 who spotted this atypical crossing.
Currently this Jet Stream is particularly powerful which explains – as a result – the power of the storm Ciara which is sweeping over France and northern Europe this Sunday. This jet stream corresponds to the winds blowing at altitude. It is currently rectilinear with winds of nearly 350 km / h (and sometimes more) at an altitude of 9,000 m. Sign of this force of air currents: the Ciara depression was still located 24 hours ago off Canada.
Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom but also all the regions of northern France have been placed on orange alert.
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