Boeing 787 becomes largest passenger aircraft to land on Antarctic ice field

A Boeing 787 aircraft carrying researchers and supplies successfully landed in a remote part of Antarctica, becoming the largest passenger aircraft to do so, the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) said on Thursday, November 16.

Credit: Norwegian Polar Institute via Storyful

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