If he lands on the deck, he forfeits the record because the rules require nonstop flight.

However, they stop off en route, and until recently scientists thought the limit for nonstop flight was about 3,000 miles.

It holds the world record for the longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner, and has a maximum design range of 9395 nmi.

This route averages 3000km mi over water, requiring a potentially nonstop flight of around 72 to 88 hours.

It can't be much shorter, as the nonstop flights arrive in the evening and leave in the morning.