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Boeing 787 capable of carrying 300 passengers lands in Antarctica in world first
- throwaway318 3y ago[dead]
- agsnu 3y agoA private tour company has been flying an A340 down there for a few years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRX3QJJ0Jg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRX3QJJ0Jg
- pixelesque 3y agoA tiny bit misleading really: it's only the "first" and "groundbreaking" to Troll airfield, not Antarctica as a whole. An A340 which is longer, wider and heavier than the 787-9 has been flying down for at least two years now, but to a different airstrip. The A340 can carry more passengers than the 787-9, and ironically the 787-9 in two-class configuration can only actually seat 290 people.
- hilux 3y ago"ironically"? What am I missing?
- criddell 3y agoIt’s like rain on your wedding day.
- tycho-newman 3y agoOr like too much air in a balloon.
- hinkley 3y agoYou don’t want planes breaking ground in Antarctica. This would generally be very bad news.
- qup 3y agowhat do you mean?
- creativenolo 3y ago“A tiny bit misleading” This is Sky News’ bread and butter.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoDon't forget: it's also their Nutella and Marmite.
- chinathrow 3y agoIt is a first as in the first 787 has landed in antarctica. What is not clear about this?
- idbehold 3y agoIt's not clear in the same way as if the title had been: "pilot idbehold lands plane carrying 300 passengers in Antarctica in world first" People are assuming the "world first" to apply to everything after "pilot idbehold", not exclusively to it.
- signatoremo 3y agoThat’s the issue with only reading the title (a bad one admittedly). It’s stated clearly by the airline in the article: "A historic moment for Norse," the airline said. "The first ever B787 Dreamliner to land in Antarctica! Many kinds of aircraft have landed in Antartica, the largest of them being C5 Galaxy: https://nara.getarchive.net/amp/media/a-c-5b-galaxy-aircraft-lands-on-the-ice-runway-near-mcmurdo-station-during-59e595 https://nara.getarchive.net/amp/media/a-c-5b-galaxy-aircraft...
- rickard 3y agoHere's the flight on FlightRadar24: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ln-fnc#32d90c2c https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ln-fnc#32d90c2c
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]
- qwertox 3y agoJust what Antarctica needs, more tourists.
- PedroBatista 3y agoNow they just need to invent thermal yoga pants and Instagram will be filled with pictures of Antarctica.
- LargoLasskhyfv 3y agoMethinks that already exists as cold-diving neoprene-like soft and flexible but skin-tight high-tech foam.
- rollcat 3y agoIf you're interested in general with life and challenges of the Antarctica, I recommend this excellent blog: https://brr.fyi/ https://brr.fyi/
- joezydeco 3y agoBrr.fyi is like reading Instagram. What you really want to read is Big Dead Place by Nick Johnson. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-30/big-dead-place-the-wikileaks-of-antarctica/9666244 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-30/big-dead-place-the-wi... https://web.archive.org/web/20201116183654/http://www.bigdeadplace.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201116183654/http://www.bigdea... It's a much different story. And way more depressing.
- lxgr 3y agoAre you implying that the author of brr.fyi is being disingenuous? I've enjoyed the writing, and I didn't take it as an objective documentary of a place, just somebody's subjective journal. It's possible for different people to have very different experiences in a similar context for a variety of reasons, no? That said, it's indeed been a while since the last update...
- exabrial 3y agoI’d prefer to leave the place un touched by humans, even if it means I never visit.
- helf 3y ago[dead]
- eggy 3y agoDid they bring any weapons along with the scientific equipment? You never know when you are going to break ice on the Alien/Predator site! We know what happened with the Thing...