Post by Tom Goodrick on Nov 21, 2013 14:42:24 GMT -5
Last night an Atlas 747 with a 1.5 x fuselage enlargment (circumference) - in other words a jumbo jumbo, landed on a 6,000 ft runway instead of the planned 10,000 ft runway at McConnell AFB in Kansas. On the ground, the crew had no idea what city or what airport they had landed on. It seems the stop was mainly for fuel, so they are offloading fuel and then a special Boeing Expert Crew will fly them to a safe place where they can top the tanks and fly on to Europe with their intended cargo.
Alan and I are familiar with this airline because it makes weekly flights between the US (Huntsville, AL) and Europe where it often stops at Glasgow to adjust fuel. This appears to be a special aircraft with its over-stuffed fuselage. They are clearing roads and even a highway on the take-off path.
Perhaps they had it planned right but the weather changed. The fact that the crew was lost after landing does not give confidence in Atlas Airlines.
Alan and I are familiar with this airline because it makes weekly flights between the US (Huntsville, AL) and Europe where it often stops at Glasgow to adjust fuel. This appears to be a special aircraft with its over-stuffed fuselage. They are clearing roads and even a highway on the take-off path.
Perhaps they had it planned right but the weather changed. The fact that the crew was lost after landing does not give confidence in Atlas Airlines.
