Wow...Has Islamabad airport sufficient runway length for this aircraft to land? I guess it will require larger runway....
Off the topic, Today (13-OCT-2005) at 1530 hrs I saw Saudi Arabian MD-11(cargo plane) landing at Islamabad Airport bringing some tents and other materials for earth quake victims.
Adnan i guess the runway is pretty big cuz ive seen an American Air Force C5 there as well. I also got to have a cockpit visit of it. Looks like a flying ATC or sumthin. This is abot 12 years ago
Maybe the weight of that thing loaded with cargo is too much for ISB airport runway to handle.
I remember a time when after a brief rain spell my flight to KHI (PK309) which was a 742 (BCM) could not takeoff for a good half hour as the runway was not able to withstand the weight of such an a/c when wet, as was told to us by the captain, and we left after about 45 mins.
Abbas can you somehow confirm where this plane is coming
I would assume due to its size, and the intense operations ongoing in ISB they would nto have space to park it there and would send it to KHI. If so I would love to go take pictures of it. Please let me know if you find out anything.
The An-225 is currently airborne between Houston and Ontario (info source: Alexandre Avrane - AeroTransport Data Bank). According to latest reports it will land in Karachi because enough parking space was not available for it at Islamabad Airport which is already hosting large number of relief aircrafts and copters. The aircraft will arrive at Karachi from Minsk. We need to find its departure time from Minsk and arrival time at Karachi. I'll post further info on forum as soon as I get it.