The Boeing 787 passenger airliner landed in Antarctica for the first time in aviation history.
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Something significant for aviators and scientists happened on November 15 – on that day, a multi-ton plane landed at the airfield of the Troll research station – this is a strip of blue ice 3 km long and 60 m wide. Every year up to 10 aircraft of different sizes fly there, but for the first time this is with, capable of carrying up to 300 passengers. This was reported by Sky News.
There were 45 passengers on board the Boeing – a team of researchers and employees of the Norwegian Polar Institute. The aircraft also transported 12 tons of research equipment to Antarctica.
The airline operating the flight called the event “a groundbreaking milestone in the history of aviation.” However, there are no plans to operate commercial flights to Antarctica.
And the director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Camilla Brekke, noted that the landing of such a large aircraft opens up completely new opportunities for the logistics of the polar station.
Recall that the William Hobbs University of Tasmania, which studies Antarctic sea ice, said that the area of sea ice around Antarctica at the end of February 2023 had decreased to 1.79 million square meters. km. This is the minimum value for 44 years of satellite observations.
Source: Sky News
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