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Why It’s Important to Secure Your Cargo
By miller22 | May 1, 2008
The similarities between passengers and freight end at their seemingly similar IQ. Passengers walk themselves on the aircraft while you have to hire someone to load your freight. Passengers complain while freight remains silent (usually, anyway). Passengers buckle themselves in while you have to make sure freight is secure…or at least you should.
Take this Atlas 747-400, for example, that was carrying oil drills that were…um…less than secured, shall we say. One drill came loose during the takeoff rotation, and shot to the back of the cabin, and through the pressure vessel, narrowly missing a critical hydraulic pump before it finally came to a stop without puncturing the skin of the aircraft. The crew returned to the airport unevenfully, and were suprised to see this:
Topics: Cargo, 747, Pictures |