Airbus Industrie carried out first nonstop flight from Western Europe to Indonesia by civil transport

Airbus Industrie said it carried out the first nonstop flight from Western Europe to Indonesia by a large civil transport - an A340 that completed the 6,700-nautical-mile trip to Jakarta from Toulouse in 14 hours and 30 minutes.

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