19th Sep 2012, 08:16
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Longest commercial flight from Singapore to New York - questions
Hi All
I stumbled across a video on Youtube of the longest commercial flight (non stop) from Singapore to New York and was amazed but also had a couple of questions
Video
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Warning it is 1 hour and 46 mins long and the aircraft doesn't take off until 46 mins into the video.
Very impressive what with the duration of 18 hours, flight route and shear amount of logistics involved (like fuel and food and drink).
A couple of questions though.
1.When flying over the north pole, is it dangerous to fly at 36,000 feet as the air is less dense at the poles ?
Don't aircraft normally descend in height to play it safe ?
2. how many crew must have been on the aircraft for 18 hours ?