A Japan Airlines flight captured the attention of many social media users, especially on X, as its passengers seemingly celebrated the New Year 2024 twice. The "Star Alliance" flight took off from Tokyo at 1 AM at the start of 2024. However, it landed in California, USA, at 5 PM on the last day of 2023, according to data from the flight tracking website "Flightradar24."
Passengers on this flight will enter the year 2024 twice. This journey sparked comments from some witty users who expressed envy towards the passengers for celebrating the New Year twice: once in Japan and once in the United States.
It's worth noting that the timing for celebrating the New Year varies from country to country based on their location concerning longitude, latitude, and the Greenwich Mean Time, resulting in different New Year arrival times across nations. Typically, Australia is one of the first countries to celebrate the New Year. The island of "Kiritimati," located in the South Pacific near Australia, was the first region in the world to welcome 2024. In contrast, the last area to celebrate is American Samoa, located in the South Pacific between the United States and Australia, with a population of around 50,000 people.
