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World's LONGEST FLIGHT in Premium ECONOMY on Singapore Airlines - YouTube
Channel: Sam Chui
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- This is the premium economy
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of the Singapore Airlines A350 ULR.
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This is where I'm gonna sit today
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for the record breaking 19 hour flight
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from Newark to Singapore.
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(orchestral music)
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(saxophone music)
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- This is for you and enjoy it;
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your longest flight.
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- Welcome to the world's longest flight.
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Before the flight takes
off let's have a look
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what's inside the brand new
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Singapore Airlines A350
900 ultra long range.
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There are 67 business class seats
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in one two and one configuration.
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The business class span across
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two third of the plane.
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Instead of economy there are 94 premium
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economy class seats at a rear section.
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So guys this is a sweet spot on the
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Singapore Airlines A350 ULR.
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I've got private space;
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never ever seen this.
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One solo seater in economy;
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in premium economy.
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And beautiful!
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Look at the bins.
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You got your own space;
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you can put your laptop,
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your personal belonging.
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Very very cosy spaces.
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The seats to be in 40C, 41C and 42C
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and also the other sides 40H, 41H and 42H.
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Business class and the elite cruise flyer
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can use the Virgin Atlantic club house
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at Newark.
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There is a table dining service
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and full bar.
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- We are so excited to
share this music with you.
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We sing in the style
of the Andrews Sisters;
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have some fun!
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♪ We're in the mood now! ♪
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- Ladies and gentlemen;
we'll count down together
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Three!
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- [Crowd] Two!
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One!
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- [Announcer] There we have
it ladies and gentlemen
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there we have it;
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congratulations to all right here
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and proud moment for Singapore Airlines.
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- I'm flying premium economy today
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- Okay
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- So what are your advices;
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how do I survive your 19 hour
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ultra long range flight?
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- It's a day, a night and a day flight
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so start off with a meal,
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a movie half way through the flight,
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have a sleep five or six hours,
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wake up; have another meal,
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another couple of movies
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there's 1200 hours to watch,
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and you'll arrive in Singapore
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about half past five in the evening
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so you'll be awake for
a while at that point
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and then time to sleep!
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So I can assure you;
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it will go fast and you'll arrive
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particularly fresh.
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- Yes! I'm so excited.
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- My name is Phil and I'm gonna
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be filming the full flight
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on my channel is World Aviation HD.
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- So we got more passenger on the flight;
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they are from Ukraine.
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You come just to make this flight.
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- Yeah yeah yeah
- Sure!
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- To New York.
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- What's your name?
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- Maxim
- Mikola
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- Maxim, Mikola!
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- This is Connor from Texas;
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he also made on this flight,
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what makes you decide
to go on this flight?
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- It's ground breaking flight
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- Of course!
- Super exciting;
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you know just the atmosphere
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or something.
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- [Singer] ♪ Let's fly with me ♪
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♪ Let's take off in the blue. ♪
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- ♪ Let's fly! ♪
- ♪ Let's fly! ♪
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- Momentarily gonna board the flight now
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in just a few minutes
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we're gonna start boarding.
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- He's gonna be the very
very special passenger
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on SQ 21 the 12th of October
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flying SQ 21 to Singapore from Newark.
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Ladies and gentlemen;
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this is Ravi saying thank you
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and always have a great way to fly.
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See ya!
- Thank you!
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Thank you so much Ravi;
- thank you, take care!
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- you're a legend!
- Thank you!
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- Thanks very much, thank you!
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- Welcome aboard sir.
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- See ya on there Sam.
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- See you aboard sir!
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For you!
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- Thank you, thank you.
- Enjoy your flight.
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I appreciate.
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- Thank you! Cute!
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- Thank you so much!
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- [Attendant] Have a safe flight!
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- Going to Singapore!
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See you in 19 hours.
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- Mr. Chui!
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- [Sam] Hi!
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- Welcome to
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SQ 21
- SQ 21
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and today you're in
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premium economy
- premium economy today!
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- [Sam] Oh, no business class!
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Premium economy!
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Oh my gosh!
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- No problem!
- It's as good
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as business class.
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- [Sam] As good! Okay!
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Hey!
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- [Flight Attendant] Hello!
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- [Sam] Hello good morning!
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- Good morning, how are you!
- How are you?
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- [Sam] Hello!
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- Big fan man, big fan.
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- [Sam] Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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- Alright!
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- [Sam] Hello!
- Mr. Sam.
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- [Sam] How are you?
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- Good thank you!
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May I show you to your seat please?
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Sam this is you right by aisle
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- [Sam] Great thank you.
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Ah! Look at this!
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- [Stewardess] You get a goodie bag.
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- The goodie bag's on every seat here.
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- Hey Sam; welcome to my business class
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seat on the world's longest flight.
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I'm sitting
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just about here,
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in 27K.
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And then you are all the way back
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here!
- Where am I sitting?
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All the way back.
- All the way back
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- Oh my God!
- Near the back
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of the aircraft.
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- I'm sitting at the very very
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end of this plane here.
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You know what?
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The seats are so wide in business class
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maybe you can let me sit here
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for a little bit
- Absolutely yes.
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- I'll sit together
- Yes just stay.
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- Even two of us will fit.
- Why don't we switch actually
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- Really?
- I'll take your premium
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economy seat.
- People want economy?
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They don't want to sit in business class?
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What's going on here?
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- Maybe for a meal; we'll see.
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- I like to fly with you Sam;
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I'm looking forward to see your report.
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- [Sam] Oh yeah, absolutely.
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It's a pleasure!
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And you just came in on
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SQ22
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- 22 yes.
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- [Sam] Look at your beautiful shirt.
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Look at this.
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- Well don't forget 14 years ago
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I pick up first flight here!
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- [Sam] Yes you did this one,
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and you did Los Angeles as well.
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- Yes.
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- [Sam] So 22 out;
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here you go ma'am this is your seat.
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- [Radio] And we're doing the Newark
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to departure.
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- Bye bye!
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- Bye, bye bye!
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- Thank you!
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(door closes)
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Off we go back to Singapore!
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- [Sam] This is like an Antonov 24?
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- (laughs)
- Yeah!
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- [Sam] (laughs)
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- You know I was
wondering who got the seat
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in the solo seat.
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Here's my friend Alberto here.
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- (speaking in Spanish)
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- Say something bad about me.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Captain] Ladies and gentlemen;
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your Captain Ray Chaudhury.
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Our journey begins;
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Have your cameras ready
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on both sides.
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If you're sitting by the window
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we will have a water cannon salute.
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(upbeat music)
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- So here I am
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I'm still smiling;
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I'm sitting in premium economy here
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and I'm still really really happy.
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We just taxied off and we have
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a beautiful water cannon salute
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and we're about to go
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to the active runway for takeoff.
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(engine pitch rises)
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(passengers clapping)
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- Yeah!
- Whoa!
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(passengers clapping)
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(upbeat music)
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- What's your name?
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- Rob Meyer.
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- Rob Meyer?
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- Yeah.
- How early did you
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book this flight
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to get this seat here?
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- Let's see here
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Like a day after it was available.
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- Oh my gosh!
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- (laughs)
- You're so lucky.
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- Are you satisfied?
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Are you happy? What do you think about it?
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- Oh yeah, oh yeah.
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Yeah yeah, it's great.
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- The bigger seat is good?
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- Oh it's great!
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Yeah I like it.
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- Yeah
- Alright nice!
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- So yeah thanks!
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Yeah it's great!.
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- Great nice to have you here!
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- Yeah, yeah, what was your name?
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- Sam. Sam Chui.
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- Okay, nice to meet you.
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- Nice to meet you too.
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- (laughs)
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(upbeat music)
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- There's some really heavy turbulence
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passing through,
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so especially in economy
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we sit at back you feel more
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of the turbulence;
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it's bouncing around.
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Oh my gosh!
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I love it!
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It's like a rollercoaster
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going bouncing up and down.
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Here it is!
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There's also the goodies in the bag.
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This is going to my collection forever.
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This is the certificate
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of the flight today.
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The world's longest flight;
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Newark to Singapore.
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And we also get a nice moisturiser gel
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to keep your skin moist.
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- Mr. Chui we have the complementary wifi
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from Panasonic for you today.
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- [Sam] Thank you.
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- You like a eye sheets?
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Ear plugs; soft Z2 ration bag.
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- [Sam] Thank you.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Sam] The atmosphere
on board was so great;
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everyone was relaxed,
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had different things to do
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and ways to pass the time.
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- Thank you!
- You're welcome.
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- Cheers guys!
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- Cheers!
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- Cheers!
- Cheers!
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- So I'm just settling down
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for this long flight here.
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I actually brought a lot of things
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in prepare for the longest flight
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19 hours.
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So I actually brought t-shirts,
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shorts to make myself comfortable.
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Sitting is not bad it's really good.
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So really good to recline as well.
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It's very comfortable I'm pretty confident
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I can probably pass 18
hours on this flight.
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(bottles rattle)
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- Hi gentlemen are you ready for lunch?
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- [Sam] Yes!
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- So we have three choices:
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we have the beef with mashed potatoes,
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the canyon ranch chicken
breast with lentils,
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and the fish curry with rice.
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Thai style.
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- [Sam] I will go for fish curry.
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Table's in here?
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- [Stewardess] Yes.
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Alright!
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So I have the fish right here for you.
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- In 15 minutes I got my meal;
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serving so fast today.
- Yes!
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- Thank you so much!
- Yeah we have to make sure
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everyone get there meal in time!
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- Thank you!
- You're welcome.
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- Champagne economy class.
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(piano synth music)
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- Flavor's good; spicy.
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Very spicy food.
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- Mr. Chui, would you like a
baby Haagen Dazs ice cream?
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- This is Daniel
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- Hi!
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- Look at his hair; so cool!
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I wish my hair's like yours
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- Thank you
- Love your hair Daniel
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- Love it
- Thank you!
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- [Sam] I was really impressed about
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the noise cancelling
headset in premium economy
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it's great quality.
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The internet was not so fast
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due to the bandwidth constraint.
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After complimentary 30 megabytes
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the price are pretty steep.
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About three hours into the flight
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we began seeing some beautiful
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iceberg and arctic scenery below us
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at 39 thousand feet.
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- Hi!
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My name is Ray Chaudhury
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I'm the Captain of this flight SQ21
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Newark to Singapore.
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Longest flight.
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Flight time today is 17
hours and 20 minutes.
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We're flying over the pole
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The North Pole.
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We took off, climbed to 35 thousand feet.
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Right now we are over Canada.
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We just passed Equalit
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and in the next two hours we will
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go up to 87 degrees north
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we'll have the North Pole
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right to the left of us.
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And then we will go over Siberia;
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One of the largest lakes in the world,
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Lake Baikal
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and then Mongolia,
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China on to Laos
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Thailand, Malaysia
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and then on to Singapore.
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- Do you have any actual alternative
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from Newark to Singapore
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apart from polar route?
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- Yes, this is the world;
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Newark is here,
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Singapore is here.
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We are anti poles.
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- Yeah
- So exactly
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on the other side.
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So if you take off from Newark
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you can actually take the Atlantic route
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- Atlantic. Ah!
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- You can take the Pacific route;
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- Yes
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- Or the polar route
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so you can take one of the three.
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It depends on the time of the year;
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what the winds are doing,
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and then we select the most optimum route
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to fly to Singapore.
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- We're about four hours in the flight;
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13 hours to go.
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Drink some water.
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(slow piano music)
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- [Sam] I settle in to watch a movie
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there were so many choices to choose from.
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The sun started to set about five hours
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into the flight.
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The scenery was remarkably beautiful;
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broken iceberg,
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arctic tundra landscape,
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snow capped mountains,
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I enjoy watching these unspoiled scenery
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passing for hours.
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We're just about 30 minutes away
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from the North Pole.
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- [Captain] We're approaching 87 North
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which is,
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almost
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as close
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to the North Pole
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as we will get.
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The actual North Pole will be
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slightly to the left of the aircraft.
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We'll be passing this region 87 North
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to the point of Bering
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Which is Siberia.
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Russian Siberia.
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The sun is setting on the left side
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of the aircraft.
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Just to let you know that
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we'll be traversing this
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northern most point for about
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30 minutes starting now.
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- Okay so we have the multigrain ciabatta
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which is with chicken,
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and of course we have a vegetarian option
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which is the vegetarian tortilla.
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Some more healthy options as well
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as a multigrain, wholegrain sorry
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wholegrain chips.
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And some almonds and cashews as well.
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And of course a little bit of chocolate!
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- [Sam] With seven hours into the flight
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it got really dark and I start downloading
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my video footage as I ran out
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of memory card on my camera.
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- Mr Chui would you
like a hot towel please?
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We'll be serving our next meal shortly.
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- We are eight hours into the flight.
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About half way.
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It's really exciting I just couldn't sleep
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you know, I'm really happy so far
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in everything and now they're serving
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the second meal which is dinner.
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- Sir a glass of champagne for yourself?
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- [Stewardess] Here's your meal
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(mumbles) chicken, fried rice.
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- So nice, there's a napkin.
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It's not just a tissue.
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Oh man that tiramisu is something
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just delicious!
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Now it is about New York 9:00 PM
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so it's time for sleep.
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(air rushing past)
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- So we got only two hours to go
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on the world's longest flight.
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I slept about five hours non interrupted;
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and now I'm just stretching out
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doing a bit of more exercise
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and getting ready.
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Even I changed my outfit
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getting ready for summer in Singapore.
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- This is one of their hydrating cocktail
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specially for this flight.
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It's coconut water mixed
with pineapple juice.
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- This is my friend Isabel
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who flew in from Singapore to Newark,
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now on the way back to Singapore
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- 58 hours all up.
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- 58 hours.
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- It's per (mumbles)
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- So Isabel what do you
think about this seat?
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- It is
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you know, the reach.
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It's actually very good
for my size as well.
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- Yeah!
- I like the footrest
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and the calf support.
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That really makes for a comfortable seat.
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- Mr Chui, on behalf of the crew of SQ21
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here's something for you to remember.
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- Tracy thank you so much
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on this wonderful flight.
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- You're welcome.
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- You know; 17 hours in
economy seems impossible
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but I did it.
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It was such a pleasure I was so excited
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throughout the flight.
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But 17 hours just flew past.
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I'm well rested and the
premium economy seats
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is indeed a very good way to fly.
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(air rushing)
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- [Captain] This is Captain Ray Chaudhury
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We have already started
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our descent into Singapore.
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We are descending to it's runway
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zero two left of Changi
International Airport.
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We are now in Singapore;
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recent rain, temperature
28 degrees celsius.
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As they say all good
things come to a pause.
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We come to this;
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the end, final phase of our inaugural
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Newark Singapore flight.
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We hope that you have enjoyed it
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as much as I did,
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and don't forget to tell your friends.
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(plane touches down)
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(passengers clapping)
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- [Passenger] Woo!
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- [Passenger] Whoa!
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(clapping)
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- This is behind the scenes now
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after landing we have a cake to celebrate.
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The world's longest flight
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has reached back home in Singapore!
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(flight crew cheers)
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- [Flight Crew] ♪ Happy birthday to you! ♪
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(clapping)
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(cheering)
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- [Sam] Cheers one more time
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for the world's longest flight!
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(flight crew cheers)
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(upbeat music)
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