Passengers had to push Tu-134 (airliner) which froze to a runway (-52 degrees)

Lifenews ^

[wetphoenix]

As reported LifeNews a source in the airport of Igarka, state of emergency happened to the liner the day before in the morning. Before take-off stem of thermometer fell to-52 degrees therefore the chassis froze to a surface of an airfield, without allowing the plane to leave on a runway and to make dispersal.

[Vinnie]

It was definitely the AN-225. Local NEWS made a big deal out of the visit.
A huge generator was transported to somewhere in Africa and it was the only plane that could carry it or available to do so.
I tried to take some pics of it but low light and rain thwarted the results.

I was expecting a lot of noise from 6 jet engines, not so.

[Reaganite Republican]

I saw it land at Long Beach ten years ago

[Vinnie]

Found an article about the visit..
Didn’t realize it was that long ago.

Power Plant..$?????.?? plus S&H . Bet the S&H was as much as the cargo.

World’s Largest Airplane Lands At RDU

Posted October 27, 2006

RALEIGH, N.C. — People around the Raleigh-Durham International Airport had the chance to see an unusual sight above them Friday, as the world’s largest aircraft swept down to land.

The six-engine, 275-foot-long Antonov AN-225 was originally designed to provide a piggy-back for the Soviet Buran space shuttle. The plane is headed to Tanzania with a 242,000-pound portable power plant on board. It’s scheduled to take off again around midnight.

Read more at http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1088146/#RcRB4qyWLZPQvdEq.99

[thackney]

Flying to Africa, the range versus load could have required the AN-225. Thanks for the correction. I would have expected a lot of noise as well.

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!

[thackney]

242,000-pound portable power plant on board.

121 tons. So it must have been the combination of range for that load.

http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/transport-aircraft/an-124-100-ruslan/an-124-100-performance

http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/transport-aircraft/an-225-mriya/an-225-performance

[tbpiper]

How fast do you have to push it before you pop the clutch?

[Vinnie]

And Happy Thanks giving to you.
BTW, one of my granddaughters is in the oil pipeline business as an engineer. Very proud of her.

[Sequoyah101]

At least they pushed the leading edge. Why do almost all russian planes have a clear nose?

I’ve seen a tractor frozen to the ground so tightly that the front wheels will rise up if you try to pull forward instead of backing it unstuck.

[wetphoenix]

~How fast do you have to push it before you pop the clutch?~

LOL. Not many people are familiar with manual transmission these days.

[dfwgator]

"Thtuck! Thtuck! THTUCK!"

[wetphoenix]

~Why do almost all russian planes have a clear nose?~

This one is a 1963 model, based on 1950s Badger bomber with engines moved to the tail for less interior noise.

This nose was useful at the time before advanced navigation, they could fly it with a map and stopwatch.

[Sequoyah101]

I thought the Badger was actually a very nice looking airplane.

Interesting notation on dead reckoning navigation.

[Prospero]

A quick look at various sources, and the hazy satellite photos of this settlement fostered an educated guess. It's main industry today may be salvage and old-growth forestry, but not when its "permanent" population was four times its present size.

If you ever wanted to see what one of the islands in the old Soviet Gulag looked like, here's a good place to start.

Take a look at whatever orbital views available and you might first be inclined to think the picture's been deliberately blurred, common enough practice for security and privacy. Then details inside what first appears pixelated outline a once-enormous camp, now mostly demolished.

Incredible.

[wetphoenix]

As far as a couple decades ago there was a port capable to serve about 140 Ocean going vessels a month bringing supplies at a summer time from European Russia through the Arctic Ocean and later distributed down South into Central Siberia via ice road trucking.

It has pretty much deteriorated after Soviet collapse though.

Salvage won’t bring much profit in this part of the world due to enormous costs but in 2009 they fond some $80 billion worth of oil about 90 miles from the town and it brings back some people.

[GeronL]

lol.. did they also pass the collection plate for some gas

[Freelance Warrior]

Unless it's some technology we don't have.

Well, there is an insight:

Planes must be parked facing brink of the apron in that airport because the management wants its hauling money ($300). But their only hauling tractor was down on that day, so you can easily restore the sequence of the following events.