A plane that left in 2017 arrived in 2016!

The Dhaka Times Desk A plane that left in 2017 arrived in 2016! You might be wondering how this is even possible! But that's what actually happened.

This is actually the case. The case of China. It was 12:15 pm (local time). China entered the new year just 15 minutes ago. In the sky of Shanghai, you can see a variety of colors. In the rush to catch the flight, Jimmy Canvas and Stuart Martin could not enjoy the New Year celebrations.

The reason is that he has to go to San Francisco. However, Kanvas had already told her on the phone that she should return home before the start of the new year. He finally kept his promise to his daughter. Reached home before New Year. That is, after the New Year's Eve ceremony in Shanghai, I was able to attend the New Year's Eve ceremony in San Francisco! Wondering how this is possible? The two cities are located at opposite ends of the world. So it takes 11 hours to fly from Shanghai to San Francisco. However, San Francisco is about 16 hours behind Shanghai.

Note that on January 1, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Flight UA890 Boeing 787-909 departed from Shanghai to San Francisco. The flight took 11 hours and 5 minutes to reach San Francisco. But time did not move. Rather backward. That is, the plane arrived in San Francisco on December 31, 2016 at 7:20 p.m.

Basically we calculate the time by the number of longitude. Greenwich Mean Time is considered as the deadline. Shanghai is located 121.4737 degrees east of London. That is, Shanghai time is about 8 hours ahead of London. San Francisco is located 122.4194 degrees west of London. If you divide each hour by 15 degrees it will be a little over 8 hours. San Francisco is again 8 hours behind London. London is 8 hours behind Shanghai, San Francisco is another 8 hours behind London. So the calculation is that San Francisco is 16 hours behind Shanghai.

That's why even after the flight left Shanghai on January 1, 2017, it arrived in San Francisco on December 31, 2016 at around 7:20 p.m. So there is such a patch in terms of time. Especially in the new year it is visible to everyone.