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Qantas breaks its longest flight record
Words: Natalie WolfeProduced by: Angus Mead
Qantas has added another historic flight to its record books after one of its planes travelled a massive 15,000km - the longest passenger flight in its 100-year history.
The QF14 repatriation flight, from Buenos Aires to Darwin, made the 15,020km trip in 17 hours and 25 minutes, beating Qantas’ previous longest flight record by more than 500km.
The Boeing 787-9 plane carried 107 passengers out of South America to quarantine for two weeks in the Northern Territory.
The flight was the return leg of a Qantas charter flight that took Argentina’s rugby union team home after their games in Brisbane for the Rugby Championship.
The repatriation flight took off in Buenos Aires, tracking south of Argentina, skirting the edge of Antarctica before crossing the Australian coast and landing in Darwin.
The route was extensively planned before take-off from Argentina, with research crews studying the types of temperatures and headwinds the plane could experience down near the South Pole.
Outside temperatures dropped as low as -75C when the plane passed over the Walker Mountains on Thurston Island, one of Antarctica’s largest islands.
The flight was 522km longer than the airline’s regular non-stop Perth to London flights, which quickly became a cornerstone of Qantas’ long-haul business when they were added in March 2018.
“There were some truly spectacular views as we tracked across Antarctica, which was an extra bonus for our passengers who were very glad to be coming home.” 
“There were some truly spectacular views as we tracked across Antarctica, which was an extra bonus for our passengers who were very glad to be coming home.” 
- Alex PasseriniQantas Pilot
- Alex PasseriniQantas Pilot
QF14 also marks the first time that a flight has landed in Darwin from every inhabited continent in one year, all operated by Qantas.
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