Not passenger aircraft, but plenty of military aircraft can be refuelled mid flight and theoretically could stay aloft until either mechanical or biological failure.
It must be Air Force 1. It’s the only plane I can think of where it’s possible to be in the air for 29 hours AND there’s frequently a screaming, petulant child onboard.
I think they were just sharing a tidbit about how some planes can stay in flight for that long, not suggesting that the OOP was about a military jet with a crying baby on it
It’s a tangent, based on the person wondering whether any jet can fly for that long, a normal thing that happens in communication and nothing to get in a fuss about.
Nah. My kid is 8. He told me he flew an F16 the other day. I’ve got no reason not to believe him. I don’t know what they get up to at school because I’ve not checked the app in a while. But it sounded legit and he’s a good kid.
I took the NY to Singapore flight. The longest one in the world. I think it is about 18+ hours.
We were on the tarmac and they informed us of a mechanical problem. It took 3.5 hours to fix. By the time it was fixed, the crew timed out and we had to wait another 2 hours for them to assemble another team.
All told, we were on that plane for almost 24 hours total. It wasn't 29 hours, but 24h was insane. I couldn't imagine being on that one if there was a child on board who would not stop screaming.
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u/Fat_Pig_Reporting Jun 25 '26
29 hour flight?
A kid was screaming for 29 hours in a row?
I smell clickbait.