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13.09.2004, 18:28 Uhr
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At one-week intervals, three fuselage sections and two wings of the new Airbus A380 will be moved upstream by barge on the river Elbe from Hamburg to Dresden. Each of the five convoys will travel at an average speed of eight kilometers per hour, which means it will take approximately two weeks until all the components arrive in Dresden. The vertical tail plane, engines, onboard electronics and other parts and systems of the aircraft are not required for the tests. With more than 40 bridges to pass under on the 570 kilometers long route, the journey will be a special challenge for the captains of the five barges.
Once in Dresden, the sections will be hoisted up by one of the biggest cranes in Europe from the river Elbe. They will then be lowered onto a special vehicle that will take the components by road to the test facility near Dresden’s airport. Beginning of October at the latest, the last barge will arrive on the river bank in Dresden.
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