Frankfurt-Hahn Airport sets world record

8/21/2009 10:27:05 AM

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport has made aviation history when the heaviest single cargo item ever sent via airfreight was loaded onto an Antonov 225.   At 16.23 metres long and 4.27 metres wide, the consignment - a generator for a gas power plant in Armenia and its loading frame - weighed in a record 189.09 tonnes.   The overall transportation was co-ordinated by General Transport and Charter Service Niklas on behalf of Alstom (Switzerland).   Before being loaded in Hahn, the generator was transported by ship from Rotterdam to Longuich on the Moselle River, and from there via heavy-load transport vehicle to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. In order to transport the entire gas power plant to Armenia, a total of six flights are required, all of which will take off from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.   Five of the six flights have already been completed: four with Antonov 124 aircraft and the fifth last week with the Antonov 225.   Eyefortransport

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