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Old Jan 11, 2016 | 12:00 am
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goods312
 
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Qantas flies 747 to South Africa w/ 5 engines

Qantas needed a new engine in South Africa and decided to fly it attached to 747 from Sydney. Apparently 747's are designed to be able to carry another engine. The story from the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...on-method.html
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