A giant Airbus A340 plane made a historical landing on Antarctica, in addition, it walked on a passage that was a block of ice, before it slowly melts, unearthing the land beanth it, BBC Travel reported on Wednesday.
The flight took off from Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday, November 2nd. In addition, the journey was operated by Hi Fly aviation that specializes in those kind of challenging flights, and led by Captain Carlos Mirpuri.
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Regarding the motive behind that flight, Wolf's Fang camp is establishing a new project in the Antarcatica for conducting tourist trips to the White Desert. Therefore, the camp needed necessary supplies and goods that were brought by the giant aircraft.
It took between five and five and half hours, and the flight took fiercly three hours for landing.
Regarding the challenges of the flight, Mipuri explained: "Grooving is carved along the runway by special equipment, and after cleaning and carving we get an adequate braking coefficient; the runway being 3,000 meters long, landing and stopping an A340 that heavy on that airfield wouldn't be a problem."
He added: "The reflection is tremendous, and proper eyewear helps you adjust your eyes between the outside view and the instrumentation. The non-flying pilot has an important role in making the usual plus extra callouts, especially in the late stages of the approach."
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