I Beat The World Record For The Longest Flight Ever
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Last week, Airbus set a new world record for the longest flight ever: 24 hours and 24 minutes, on the A350-1000ULR. And they did it in the most ridiculous way possible - instead of flying Melbourne to France directly, they went the wrong way around, across the Pacific and over America.
The world has gotten too small for these aircraft. To set a record now, you have to deliberately fly a stupid route.
So I did exactly that. Frankfurt to JFK is a six-hour transatlantic hop. But if you pretend the Atlantic is lava and fly east instead - over Dubai, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Russia, Alaska and San Francisco - it becomes a 26-hour marathon. 190,000kg of fuel. 200 passengers. Zero cargo. Cost index set to zero, single-engine taxi, lights off, APU off, everything optimised.
The A350 was so heavy it couldn't reach cruise altitude for over an hour. I had dinner. I slept. I drove to university and sat an exam. The plane just kept flying itself while my AI co-pilot handled radio calls to Tehran, Beijing and Pyongyang Control.
And then, 237 nautical miles from JFK, we ran out of fuel.
What follows is a genuine dual-engine-failure glide, a mayday call, and an emergency diversion to a tiny 5,500ft airfield in upstate New York that the aircraft's own flight computer refused to acknowledge exists. Including, yes, a sideslip in an A350.
We beat the record. We did not survive it.
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I Beat The World Record For The Longest Flight Ever
Swiss001
107,210 views
Master Aviation Communication with SayIntentions.AI, my new partner!
Train real ATC radio calls, get feedback, and build confidence fast.
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Last week, Airbus set a new world record for the longest flight ever: 24 hours and 24 minutes, on the A350-1000ULR. And they did it in the most ridiculous way possible - instead of flying Melbourne to France directly, they went the wrong way around, across the Pacific and over America.
The world has gotten too small for these aircraft. To set a record now, you have to deliberately fly a stupid route.
So I did exactly that. Frankfurt to JFK is a six-hour transatlantic hop. But if you pretend the Atlantic is lava and fly east instead - over Dubai, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Russia, Alaska and San Francisco - it becomes a 26-hour marathon. 190,000kg of fuel. 200 passengers. Zero cargo. Cost index set to zero, single-engine taxi, lights off, APU off, everything optimised.
The A350 was so heavy it couldn't reach cruise altitude for over an hour. I had dinner. I slept. I drove to university and sat an exam. The plane just kept flying itself while my AI co-pilot handled radio calls to Tehran, Beijing and Pyongyang Control.
And then, 237 nautical miles from JFK, we ran out of fuel.
What follows is a genuine dual-engine-failure glide, a mayday call, and an emergency diversion to a tiny 5,500ft airfield in upstate New York that the aircraft's own flight computer refused to acknowledge exists. Including, yes, a sideslip in an A350.
We beat the record. We did not survive it.
Join the AviationExperiences App NOW: https://testflight.apple.com/join/PCU...
Check out my setup:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/swiss001
Second channel: @swiss000
Become Channel Member: @swiss001
Links:
Patreon: Patreon: Swiss001
©Swiss001 2026
For business inquiries: youtube@swiss001.com
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