London: As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tailwinds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record four hours and 56 minutes at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour.
According to the data available with online flight tracker service Flightradar24, a British Airways Boeing 747 that departed from the JFK Airport on Saturday reached Heathrow shortly after 11.20 pm.
Another Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 flight landed at Heathrow moments later, only a minute less than the time the BA flight took, and three minutes quicker than another Virgin plane which arrived at 5.12 am on Sunday, reported media.
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