On January 2, 1962, a Pakistan Worldwide Carriers (PIA) plane called Boeing 720-B arrived in Karachi and made another record for the trip among London and Karachi.
The PIA plane didn’t quit flying. It was on an excursion from the Boeing plant in Seattle to Karachi as a feature of its conveyance. It had proactively broken the flying record among Seattle and London.
At the point when Commander Abdullah Baig, the central pilot of PIA, and Air Commodore Nur Khan, the overseeing chief, strolled off the plane, they got a warm welcome.Captain Baig let the media know that the record was accomplished due to the consolidated endeavors of the whole team on board the plane.
He said it was the best group he had at any point flown with.The turbofan stream airplane, which cost $6 million, set an authority distance record among London and Karachi. It shrouded the distance in six hours, 45 minutes, and 33 seconds, with a typical speed of 583.3 miles each hour.