Hypersonic ‘jumbo jet ROCKET’ hits 5,000mph in major step toward goal of flying passengers anywhere on Earth in 60mins

A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed of over 5,000mph – with hopes the project will one day be able to take passengers anywhere in the world in just 60 minutes.

Scientists behind the Chinese aircraft announced on December 10 that the test plane had reached a speed more than six times the speed of sound (Mach 6.56).

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