BERLIN: One of Lufthansa’s Airbuses A350-900 is undergoing an extensive conversion programme, being fitted with equipment to enable the twinjet to operate as the carrier’s latest climate research platform.
German flag carrier Lufthansa says it will be transformed into a “flying research laboratory” by modification specialist venture Lufthansa Technik Malta.
The work in a hangar in Malta already started, as per reports. The country s largest airline preparations were made on the lower fuselage for a complex air intake system .
The centerpiece of the flying research laboratory would be a 1.6-tone container with measuring equipment.
The research aircraft is expected to take off from Munich at the end of 2021 for its first flight in the service of climate research , measuring around 100 different trace gases, aerosol and cloud parameters at an altitude of 9-12 km, according to Lufthansa.
Lufthansa converts Airbus jet into climate research aircraft Friday, April 9, 2021 IWK Bureau
German flag carrier Lufthansa is converting an Airbus A350-900 into a climate research aircraft, the airline announced.
The work in a hangar in Malta already started, Xinhua news agency quoted the country s largest airline as saying on Wednesday, preparations were made on the lower fuselage for a complex air intake system .
The centerpiece of the flying research laboratory would be a 1.6-tone container with measuring equipment. Predicting the weather even more accurately, analysing climate change even more precisely, researching even better how the world is developing. This is the goal of a globally unique cooperation between Lufthansa and several research institutes, Lufthansa noted.
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Berlin, April 8 : German flag carrier Lufthansa is converting an Airbus A350-900 into a climate research aircraft, the airline announced.
The work in a hangar in Malta already started, Xinhua news agency quoted the country s largest airline as saying on Wednesday, preparations were made on the lower fuselage for a complex air intake system .
The centerpiece of the flying research laboratory would be a 1.6-tone container with measuring equipment. Predicting the weather even more accurately, analysing climate change even more precisely, researching even better how the world is developing. This is the goal of a globally unique cooperation between Lufthansa and several research institutes, Lufthansa noted.
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