KARACHI (Web Desk) – Social media on Thursday was buzzed with clips featuring a trailer transporting a retired airplane from one place to other by a road, leaving onlookers in awe with unusual journey.
The 200-seater plane took its first flight on Mar. 1, 1991 and was operated across Europe and the Middle East. It was retired in Karachi in 2014 after over 23 years in service and is now being shifted to Hyderabad for training purposes by New Babar Cargo Movers.
Although it takes around two hours to reach Hyderabad from Karachi by road, the plane’s journey is expected to take longer as the aircraft is being moved at a cautious speed.
Transporting the plane on a 40-wheel trailer also required dismantling its wings, engines and wheels to enable safe intercity travel on the M-9 Motorway, the mover company said in a statement.
“The aircraft has crossed Karachi Toll Plaza and is now traveling from the M-9 Motorway toward Hyderabad,” the brief statement shared among media groups said, with local channels widely broadcasting visuals of the plane mounted on the trailer.
“It will be driven at a speed of 20 to 30 kilometre an hour.”
The vehicle carrying the aircraft has been instructed to drive on one side of the road, escorted by Civil Aviation Authority staff and security.