British Airways makes a record by crossing Atlantic in less than 5 hours

A British Airways flight landed early Sunday morning at Heathrow Airport in London after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York just 4 hours and 56 minutes earlier. British Airways created a record as it became the first commercial passenger plane to fly across the Atlantic in less than five hours. The previous record was held by a Norwegian Air flight, which flew between the two cities in 5 hours and 13 minutes.