Do you think you could withstand a flight lasting more than 19 hours?
SYDNEY—In a test of airline-passenger endurance, Qantas Airways Ltd. plans to send wired-up employees on a 19-hour trip to see whether humans can keep up with technological advances that have airlines vying to create ultralong flights.
Pilots on two nonstop trips from New York to Sydney this year will wear a device to track brain-wave patterns and alertness, data that could help shape the future of air travel. Researchers from Melbourne-based Monash University will work with crew members to record their levels of melatonin—a...
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