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Antonov delivers the goods for Elgin

Published on 8th April 2012 by wallace shackleton, 1505 views
Other UK - Scotland Volga Dnepr Airlines

Engineers preparing an operation to stop the gas leak on an offshore platform have welcomed the arrival of specialist equipment key to the plan.

A plane carrying the emergency supplies landed at Prestwick Airport on Saturday.

It comes as experts from Total, the company that runs the Elgin platform situated 150 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, and Wild Well Control gave the go-ahead to a proposal to plug the leak with mud.

Full story from STV web site http://news.stv.tv/scotland/...

Photo from member Iain Marshall

Iain Marshall. (404)
Antonov An-124
Volga Dnepr Airlines (RA-82047)
Prestwick

Iain Marshall. (501)
Antonov An-124
Volga Dnepr Airlines (RA-82047)
Prestwick

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Comments

1 europix
(8. 4. 2012, 14:27 CET)
I wonder why PIK, Leuchars or even ABZ could support this AC

2 Chris Milne
(9. 4. 2012, 02:33 CET)
Never did I think my hometown would be in the title of a story on Airplane Pictures site, haha! Great photos Iain.

3 Iain Marshall.
(9. 4. 2012, 12:54 CET)
Thank you Chris.

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