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Adam is a journalist who has worked for more than 40 media brands in the UK and Australia. Today, he mostly writes about aviation, space and defence.
While hypersonic tech — defined as flying at least five times the speed of sound — is nothing new, countries are currently in an arms race to develop the next generation of missiles that are so manoeuvrable in mid-air they can’t be intercepted or detected.
The first 787-9, C-FVNB, departed the Queensland capital on 3 July at 11:22 am as flight AC36 and landed in the British Columbia seaport at 7:31 am local time the next day.
Travellers have taken to social media to show photos of snaking queues. However, most flights at Sydney airport, the worst affected, have departed on time or with a short delay.
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