NEW: A passenger jet — China Airlines flight 5116 — hit an astonishing 826 mph yesterday over the Pacific. ✈️

Likely a NEW RECORD for subsonic passenger travel.

How’d it happen? Cruise speed is 564 mph. But it was flying w/250+ jet stream. https://t.co/1QV5b4d1Pf pic.twitter.com/BESuSa2WHn

— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) January 26, 2024