It’s Four-Engine Friday today, and our flight takes us jumpseating between two of the biggest air freight hubs in the Far East in the crew rest area of an Atlas Air 747-8F!
Server: Solo
Airline: Atlas Air
Aircraft: Boeing 747-8F
Origin: Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong (HKG)
Destination: Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea (ICN)
Flight Number: 5Y916
Route: VHHH-RKSI
Seat: N/A
Time En Route: 3 Hours 2 Minutes
Climbing the airstairs at sunrise
Departure and northward turn out of Hong Kong
Punching through the clouds
Heading up the Taiwan Strait to Seoul
Descending over South Korea. As we’ve headed north, the sun has also gotten lower and lower in the sky relative to the actual time.
“GIANT 916 Heavy, welcome to Seoul”
Clearing the runway
Only from the ground can you get a sense of how big this aircraft is. It’ll be continuing on as GIANT 916 in a few hours to Los Angeles.