An American Airlines plane has completed the carrier’s longest direct flight in history.
Flight AAL7 took off from Dallas-Fort Worth International at 9.57pm local time and arrived at Brisbane Airport at 4.57am Australian time on October 28.
According to the airline, the Boeing 787-9 completed its 8,300-mile journey in about 16 and a half hours.
On landing in Brisbane, crew members fixed US and Australian flags outside the cockpit.
Thousands of people followed a livestream on YouTube of the…
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