“Today, two long-range aviation crews set a new record for the range and duration of a flight on the Tu-160 supersonic strategic missile carriers.
The pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces were in the air for more than 25 hours, having covered over 20 thousand kilometers, "RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
It is noted that the flight of the aircraft took place over the neutral waters of the central part of the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian, Chukchi, and Barents Seas.
The previous record was set in 2010.
Then the bombers flew for 24 hours and 24 minutes.
In October 2019, a passenger flight from New York to Sydney of Qantas Airlines, which lasted 19 hours and 15 minutes, was recognized as the longest non-stop flight in the world.