Ukraine-owned heavylift carrier, Antonov Airlines and broker AirPartner delivered an urgently needed valve for an oil refinery from Italy to Middle East.
The airline’s own engineers built a low-profile cargo ramp to load and unload the 20-tonne, three metre high cargo, in combination with external cranes.
Commercial executive, Eugene Kiva explained: “Despite the cargo was not something oversized or heavy, as usual for our aircraft, this particular unit required using our special loading equipment (ramp system) and external cranes, due to very sensitive lifting and lashing points.”
The shipper also produced and weld extra shackles on the bottom of the unit to lash it securely inside our aircraft and withstand G-forces during the flight.