The Landshut is, again, in Germany
The historic plane is back in Germany: Two Soviet freighters brought in the former Lufthansa-Boeing-737 in Friedrichshafen.
On Saturday Morning (23. September) to approximately 9:30 p.m. it was time. The Antonov an-124 the specialist cargo airline Volga-Dnepr continued from Cape Verde arriving at the airport of Friedrichshafen. On Board, you had a historically valuable cargo: the hull of the former Lufthansa aircraft Landshut.
Shortly after 13 o'clock, a Ilyushin Il-76 landed at the Bodensee Airport. They had the wings and Other parts of the former D-ABCE which was in October 1977 because of the hijacking to Mogadishu world-famous. The Boeing 737-200 is back in Germany. It is now restored and in the Dornier-Museum in Friedrichshafen exhibited.
"Hours and hours upside down rivet connections"
Previously, a Team of 15 experts from Lufthansa Technik had built the machine at the airport in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza apart. "4.000 exciting, challenging but also fascinating hours of work are behind us. To solve above 50 degrees interior temperature for hours in the wing upside down and the rivet connections, it is not for everyone a dream job. But we all have the Motivation to do that. The Chance to take on a Job like this, you don't get twice in a lifetime," says Project Manager Martin fire.
The Landshut was flown after the kidnapping to 1985 for the Lufthansa and was then sold in the United States. After numerous other owners, the Boeing 737-200 was taken in 2008 by the last operator of TAF Linhas Aéreas Fortaleza out of operation definitively. They since have been on the edge of the airport.