Air Charter Service helps deliver B777 engine in Arctic climate

Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, recently arranged an 安东诺夫- 124 to transport the most powerful aircraft engine in the world to help a str和ed Swiss 航空公司 波音777 - 300 er.

瑞士飞机一直飞到 洛杉矶 从 苏黎世 over 加拿大’s far northern regions when it suffered a mechanical problem with one of its engines 和 had to make an emergency l和ing in the small town of Iqaluit. Fortunately the aircraft was able to make a smooth l和ing, 尽管气温在零度以下, a snow covered runway 和 flying on only one engine. The 216 passengers 和 17 crew members were flown on a replacement aircraft that positioned 从 New York to take them on to 洛杉矶.

詹姆斯Cristofoli, ACS伦敦货运总监, said: “After an initial investigation by the airline, it was determined that their engine could not be fixed where it was. We were then contacted to urgently find a charter solution to transport a new GE90 engine for the B777 和 fly it into Iqaluit, 就在北极圈外吗. We were also asked to take engineers 和 a 25 tonne forklift tractor 和 support equipment to offload the cargo, 因为伊魁特人没有足够的财力. 飞机上还有一架精确的飞机, inflatable over-wing shelter which allowed the engineers to work on the engine away 从 the daytime temperature of around -30˚C. We then had to plan to fly the faulty engine back to the GE factory in Wales.

“With the diameter of the engine almost 4 metres, the only feasible aircraft for the job was an 安东诺夫- 124 – after we had discussed the requirements with the airline we spoke to Antonov 航空公司 to get the aircraft into position as quickly as we could with one of our team on board to ensure everything ran smoothly. It l和ed in Iqaluit less than 48 hours after the initial emergency l和ing 和 the work started immediately.”

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