Thursday, March 31, 2011

Antonov An-225s to save Japan


The world's largest plane will be used to transport the world's largest concrete pumps (2 of them) from ATL and LAX to Japan.  This will happen around April 9.  The Putzmeister pumps are currently being retrofitted so that they can spray water into the Fukushima reactors.  But if TEPCO eventually wants to encase the reactors in concrete (a la Chernobyl), then the pumps can be re-retrofitted.  Each pump weighs 190,000 pounds.




4 comments:

  1. TarlanApril 1, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    I was lucky enough to go inside this plane when he delivers the biggest crane for use on deepwater platforms construction for oil field. An unforgettable experience.
    http://vertikalnet.ru/images2009/Mammoet_PTC120DS_t_3.jpg

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  2. MaxichampApril 1, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    @Tarlan: Cool! You live in Baku, correct?

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  3. TarlanApril 1, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Correct)) And working in oil and gas industry for past ten years, so i met a lot of big stuff, like cranes, boats etc in my life))

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  4. UnknownApril 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    i have seen it only once during the flight...

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