The flight of Emirate Airlines took off from Shanghai the financial hub of China on 1st January 2017 but when it landed in the San Francisco, United States of America (USA) it was 31st December 2017.
[junkie-alert style=”green”] The flight travelled in past because of the difference of the time zones which is about 16 hours. Shanghai is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) while San Francisco is behind 8 hours of GMT. [/junkie-alert]
The flight took almost 13 hours to reach its destination but because of the enormous difference in time the flight landed on the New Years Eve in San Francisco. Seems that the passengers enjoyed two New Year nights in two different part of world.
When the news came out, it become a trend on social media where everyone was keen to know how any flight can go in past.