Why are airplanes slower than they used to be?
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Alex Gendler |
TED-Ed
• April 2021
In 1996, a British Airways plane flew from New York to London in a record-breaking two hours and fifty-three minutes. Today, however, passengers flying the same route can expect to spend no less than six hours in the air — twice as long. So why, in a world where everything seems to be getting faster, have commercial flights lagged behind? Alex Gendler details the problems facing supersonic flight. [Directed by Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson].