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Air India's Delhi-SF flight now the world's longest nonstop flight (toi.in)
3 points by abhishekash 3533 days ago
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Despite the route being longer, the flight took almost two hours less thanks to tailwinds — winds that blow in the same direction as an aircraft and thus make it go faster.

Flights across the world are doing this but what is fascinating is that how much important is the collaboration of science and engineering.