Another brand-new episode of FlightReport is waiting for you!
This time we are at Düsseldorf airport in the superbird, the Airbus A380-800 operated by Germany’s biggest airline, Lufthansa. We will be flying a long-haul route to the US‘ west coast, to San Francisco, California. It’s 6pm here in Germany and we will arrive at about 10pm local time in SFO after a massive 13hour flight.
The A380 is at its gate and is being prepared for the passengers…
Pre-flight proceedures…
Pushback…
Taxiing to runway 05L. Safety instructions are presented…
Ready for takeoff!
Takeoff from runway 05L, the A380 is on its way to SFO.
Byebye Düsseldorf!
Reaching the dutch north coast…
later…
It’s night in the San Francisco bay area. Our Lufthansa flight is slightly delayed and descending…
Our approach plan for today, great to see a few of SFO’s sights…
Overflying downtown San Francisco, Golden gate bridge to our left.
Alcatraz island…
SFO on the right and OAK on the left, what a bay area approach!
Approaching San Francisco International airport…
The airport is calm, only a few long-haul planes are still arriving…
Final approach…
Touchdown! After more than 13 hours airborne, the wheels feel the ground again!
Taxiing to gate…
yawn - 10am in San Francisco, the plane stayed at the gate the entire night and is departing for DUS again. Happy flying!
That’s it, hope you enjoyed episode 6 as well!
This one was quite a patch of work, hopefully was the effort worth it!
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