On 17 February, two Kalitta Air Boeing 747’s departed Tokyo Haneda Airport, Japan, flight tracking app Flightradar24 reported. Their mission is to evacuate passengers from The Diamond Princess, a cruise ship that has been stranded in Yokohama after a major on board outbreak of the Corona virus.
One Boeing 747 freighter will fly to Kelly Field, an air force base located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The second Boeing 747 will operate to Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, California. Passengers on board will not directly meet their families and relatives but are obliged to go into quarantine and further testing.
For the occasion, the aircraft are equipped with special seats. In normal operations, these aircraft are a huge cargo bay (see images here).
This post was published on 16 February 2020 23:33
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