The passenger plane Boeing 787 accidentally exceeded the speed of sound. It accelerated to 1,289 km / h

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was flying from Los Angeles to London. While flying over Pennsylvania, the plane hit

powerful air flow. Pilot Peter James wrote that he had never seen such strong winds in his career.

758 MPH:The jet stream is so strong over the US right now… that @VirginAtlantic Flight 8 from LAX to London is whipping above Kansas at a ground speed of 758 miles an hour. That's almost the speed of sound… #CAwx @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/xni0IuKO5Z

— Paul Deanno (@PaulKPIX) February 19, 2019

Cruising speed Boeing-787-9 Dreamlineris 903 km / h, with the help of engines the liner can accelerate to a maximum of 945 km / h. In the description of the aircraft on the Boeing website it is noted that everything else - acceleration or deceleration - depends on weather conditions.

Earlier it was reported that the European Aviation ConcernAirbus will remove from production the world's largest serial passenger aircraft A380. The reason was the decline in interest in buying aircraft from the main customer of aircraft.