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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The plane can't land without those tires, so I guess that effectively grounds it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't take off either, so Poland is really doing them a favour.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

They could put it on a big ballista

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That how I initially read it, but just in case anyone else didn't get it: they are referring to a shipment of tires.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

5 metric tons? What's that, a set for one plane?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A tire for a 737 is about 110 kg. So, that’d be 45 tires.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The 787 has 8 main tires and 2 nose tires. The main tires are 218 lbs (about 100kg) and the nose tires are 114 lbs (about 50kg). So a set is roughly 1970 lbs/900kg, pretty close to a short ton. 5 metric tonnes would be about 5.6 sets of 787 tires.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

How many starts and landing single tire can hold? quick google said 300-450? How big % of total needs that interrupt was?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days ago

The sender of the goods was a company from Spain, and the recipient was from Azerbaijan.

I'm sure these legitimate businessmen could perhaps consider transporting their wares via Turkey and Georgia? You know, along the well established transit route for commercial cargo between the EU and Azerbaijan.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

Fuck the blyats.