the airínea Air Canada Cargo transportó a huge IMAX screen Quito from Toronto in one of his Boeing 767 freighters.
Many of us are in awe of the entertainment on huge IMAX screens.. But, ¿have you ever wondered cóhow they go to the cinema?
Okay, the history of detrás of cóhow they move is just as amazing and Air Canada Cargo I workedó with OEC Canada, a global freight forwarder, to performñplay a leading roleóunique in a performanceón recent.
Yes OK Air Canada Cargo transports some artípretty big asses with their loads Boeing 767, el envíor an IMAX screen Toronto a Quito in November tested Air Canada Cargo aircraft and equipment. The box of 13.4 meters long and 800 kilograms that the screen housed was one of the artíasses más that Air Canada Cargo has placed in the 767.
The Air Canada Cargo team workedó with OEC to develop the creative solutions necessary for the box housing the IMAX screen to fit within the 767.
“We had to think outside the box because this was something we had never done before.íwe are done and, Despite some initial thoughts of 'whaté we got in', everyone on the team accepted the challengeíor and were excited to solve this puzzle. We feel that beingía real feather in our cap”, dijo Mamun Ansari, engineering manageríAir Canada Cargo cargo operations manager.
Transportation toéinmate of one of our giant screens is not a common occurrence for a facilityón IMAX, but the early release of 'Avatar: The Way of Water’ by James Cameron in Quito It was undoubtedly a good reasonón to do it, Mark Welton said, President, IMAX theaters.
Air Canada Cargo never hadíhas transported something so long in the 767, what it meantó that the team literally had to write the manual on cóhow to send the screen properly and safely.
That task felló in Ansari, who supervisesó the development of engineering plansía for this envíO único. Tomó díhow to put it together and includeó the constructionón of a box mockup using tuberíace of ABS to ensure that a proof of concept was developed to ensure everything worked as expected.ún what was planned. That planningón tambiénot involvedó work closelyón with the Air Canada Cargo safety and procedures team, what examó every step of the meticulous plan to ensure it was safe for both employees and cargo.
The plan involved the use of two chargers, placed in a áinclined angle with respect to 767, what to liftíit was smoothájust the box, while a team of up to 20 Air Canada Cargo employees helped maneuver the box into positionón inside the main deck. Afterés of several hours of metófew movements, the box was in its final resting place and secured for its flight to Quito.
Once thereí, The team of Quito did an equally impressive job downloading the screen, with your own plan to useíto three chargers to remove the screen from the 767 in a safe way.
“This was a total team effort and everyone at Air Canada Cargo isán really proud of it. There was a lot of emotionón around this challenging envíO, but all the teams rose to the occasion and executed the plan”, dijo Mamun Ansari.
