Maintenance of aircraft at the airport Elizovo.

In September, I visited at the very edge of our country - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In fact, where midnight.
Arriving there on a Boeing 777-200 "Transaero" I wanted to see how the same service that whopper airport Elizovo.

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2. "Transaero" flies in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky once daily.



3. According to the summer schedule flight from Domodedovo at 19:15, arriving in Elizovo at noon the next day. Under the new winter timetable departure from DME at 21:00 and return at 14:20.



4. Immediately upon arrival of this giant begins its service, picks led to tractor MAZ and begins towing.



5. The aircraft is parked, where the main action will occur - exit and landing passengers, refueling and loading and unloading of luggage.



6. In September, on the platform Elizovo was reconstructed, so the plane did not put as usual around the terminal, and nearly rebuilt new strip.



7. Three hours before "Transaero" landed B-777 "Aeroflot" and waiting for passengers to fly to Moscow.



8. jetways at the airport and yet deliver passengers to the terminal on the apron buses Cobus.



9. While the passengers go, ground services waiting in the wings in a special place.



10. The capacity ranges from 777 306 to 373 people, so you need to wait for all the aircraft left the ...



11. For all event, including me watched by security airlines and the airport, and as I attended to permission to shoot in advance questions to me did not arise.



12. After setting the parking lot to the chassis put the shoes to prevent uncontrolled movement of the aircraft.
See the bottom of the wire? The carcass of the aircraft in flight accumulate static charges. His shoot tokosemnikom, called grounding.



13. Also, the aircraft crew and aircraft technician inspects for damage and other things.



14. All the passengers got out - you can begin to service the aircraft.



15. First unload luggage.



16. During the works and Spent Peron all busy staff must wear reflective vests - is the safety rules - and the airplane man.



17. Leon dressed according to the rules.



18. This airport baggage containers unloaded using forklift vehicles based ZIL - rarity and old school.



19. Baggage unloaded, you can refuel.
Tankers also grounded. Make out the ground. Current fuel also accumulates charge. The higher transfer rate, the more fuel is electrified.



20. Fuel tanks at 777 in the wings, so in order to connect the fuel hose to the neck, use a stepladder.



21. Check for fuel sucks, nothing more in the bank should not only fuel and any other impurities.
Device for determining the quality of fuel is called OV-1 (optical visualizer).
By the way, about the refueling aircraft will soon also be a separate post.



22. refill lasts a long time - 777 takes on about 150 tons of kerosene - depending on the load and the distance range.



23. So it looks the part.
A tanker rear chain is dragged along the ground. This is also to remove static charge. Car rides, swings, jumping on concrete joints, fuel gurgles, rubs molecules to each other and to accumulate charge. This charge also remove such an effective way. The main thing that the road was not in the oil.



24. "Aeroflot", meanwhile, has already started to pick passengers - they depart for a couple of hours before our.



25. Fuel is pumped, onboard meals loaded.



26. We load the baggage of departing passengers.



27. This is mainly fish salmon species, Kamchatka crabs and caviar.



28. After inspection of the aircraft give permission passenger dispatching service for landing passengers.



29. Before leaving the aircraft airfield service checks on the surface of the runway for foreign objects and notify the RP that streak free.



30. Everything is ready for towing to the point of starting the engine.



31. rulim runway



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