the airíNorwegian nea Norse Atlantic Airways, has achieved a historic milestoneórich in aviation historyón: the first landing of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the Antártida.
The event took place on Wednesdayércoles 15 November 2023 at 02:01 in the afternoon local time in the airóDromo Troll (QAT) from Antártida.
La misión, led by Norse Atlantic Airways and contracted by the Norwegian Polar Institute and Aircontact, the eldest and más important company of cháScandinavian flights rter, transportó research teamsón essential and scientificífics to remote airóinvestigation dromeón Troll in Queen Maud's Land, Antártida.
Primer Boeing 787 in the Antártida
On board flight N0787 they traveled 45 passengers, including cientíresearchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute and other countriesíses, that was directedíeven at different stations of the Antártida. The flight tooén transported 12 tons of investigative teamsón essential for explorationón of the Antártida.
a boeing 787 in the Antáarctic for the first time pic.twitter.com/9M65XXLawk
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The Dreamliner departedó the Oslo etc 13 of November and madeó a stopover in Cape Town, Sudáfear, before undertaking the challenging section beforeáarctic. the grandfatherótake offó from Cape Town at 23:03 of myércoles there are noó más de 40 hours in SudáAfrica before its historyórich landing in the airóDromo Troll.
Bjørn Tore Larsen, CEO of Norse Atlantic Airways, expresó their immense pride and honor for having achieved this historic milestoneórico: «It is a great honor and emotion.ón for the entire Norse team to have achieved together this momentous moment of landing the first 787 Dreamliner. In the espíritual of explorationón, We are proud to play a role in this important and úno missión. It is a true testament to our pilots and crew.ón highly trained and experienced, and our Boeing airplanes úlast generationón».
The Antártida lacks conventional asphalt tracks; Thus, Norse Atlantic Airways aterrizó on a blue ice rink, from 3.000 meters long and 60 meters wide, in the airóDromo Troll. The Norwegian Polar Institute operates the stationón of investigationón located in Jutulsessen, in Queen Maud Land, to some 235 kilóair metersóDromo Troll.
It's a historical hitóRico is an example of the capabilities of the fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner of Norse Atlantic Airways and its commitment to explorationón. the airínea plans to carry out más flights to Antártida in the future, what to facilitateá the investigationón científica and tourism on the continent másouthern part of the world.
Some additional details of the missionón:
- Flight N0787 lastedó 4 hours and 58 minutes.
- The crewón of the flight was made up of 12 people.
- The temperature in the airódromo Troll era de -20 degrees centídegrees.
- The height of the airódromo Troll is from 1.200 meters above sea level.
