The Beluga XL sequence plane landed right here with a crew of three pilots and one engineer on Tuesday at 22.43 pm after flying from Bahrain Worldwide Airport over 5 hours for crew relaxation, crew flight responsibility time limitations and gas cease as Kolkata is the one appropriate airport in japanese India to accommodate this sort of plane.
It has been parked at J1. The plane, originating from Toulouse Airbus Manufacturing unit, is transporting some tools and elements to its one other unit primarily based in Tianjin in China. It will likely be refuelled earlier than departure at 5.50 pm on Wednesday for Tianjin.
The Beluga XL (Airbus A330-743L) is among the giant transport plane designed by Airbus to hold outsized cargo, primarily plane parts resembling wings and fuselages. It’s an upgraded model of the unique Beluga ST (A300-600ST), providing elevated capability and improved efficiency.
The Beluga XL is 63.1 metres lengthy with a wingspan of 60.3 metres. Its payload capability is round 51 tons and its cargo maintain is giant sufficient to move two A350 wings concurrently.