A flight from Icelandair went to Antarctica yesterday evening and was picked up by 30 Norwegian scientists who have worked there in recent months.
The plane will stop at Cape Town in South Africa and will make its way to the South Pole from there. Upon returning home, it will return as it came but with one extra stop in Oslo.
Árni Hermannsson, CEO of Loftleidir, which is responsible for the flight, said Fréttablaðið: “We flew to Antarctica about ten years ago and then it was the same expedition leader that is on this trip. There are six pilots, 13 flight attendants and one flight engineer on the crew of this flight. “
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Árni Hermannsson further said that “Despite the fact that there will only be about 30 passengers, a wide-body jet is used in this flight as a smaller aircraft would not tow all the way. This is a complex flight and there are special conditions for landing in Antarctica.
“As a result, preparations for the flight have taken several months and the crew is as numerous as it actually is. Thus, half of the pilots will remain in Cape Town tonight to rest before the return trip, which is planned for next weekend, “he added.
Source: The Nordic Page