Jakarta –
Let’s briefly get to know the ins and outs of cargo planes. Did the traveler know that the plane used to transport goods has its own rules of the game.
The experience is gained detikTravel on the way to the BBN Airlines Indonesia headquarters in the Soekarno Hatta Airport complex Saturday (2/9/2023). detikTravel accompanied by the Maintenance Manager, Nur Cahyo, who explained in detail, but we simplified the description.
One of them is that the cargo hold has no passenger seats at all. Then, the entrance to the cargo space is also relatively small and you have to duck when you want to enter it.
In addition, cargo planes have large lift-off doors. On the floor are iron balls that are used to arrange package boxes.
BBN Airlines Indonesia Maintenance Manager, Nur Cahyo (Photo: Ahmad Masaul Khoiri/detikcom)
One more thing, the aircraft cargo has been neatly arranged and sorted in such a way as to pass its safety. If later on the plane there are items that cause smoke, then the detector will respond and the large cargo space will be decompressed and oxygen will be sucked in until the smoke disappears.
Furthermore, cargo aircraft are only manned by a maximum of four crew members. If another crew is not needed then the plane is only manned by the pilot and co-pilot.
The following are excerpts from detikTravel’s interview with Maintenance Manager, Nur Cahyo:
How is the setup on a cargo plane?
We use international standards. There’s a pallet and that’s where the boxy stuff sits. So if you go up here, it’s not one by one.
Everything is determined from the total load because it will have something to do with the Center of Gravity. The Center of Gravity was his need for an easy-to-control aircraft take off or landing.
So it shouldn’t be too heavy on the back or too heavy on the front.
Can cargo planes be fully loaded?
Oh yes, it can be fully loaded. For example, only 4 pallets or 5 pallets can also be used. Around 22 tons of all of this capacity can go into this Boeing B737-800 NG aircraft.
If the plane stops and is fully laden, what are the arrangements like?
The arrangement is called load sheet. The load sheet will later be placed at certain stations. On the plane wall there are stickers A1, A2 and so on, all you have to do is adjust to that position.
Usually later load sheet who haverecord loadwill it change to the front or the back, so there’s a range.
BBN Airlines Indonesia cargo plane floor (Photo: Ahmad Masaul Khoiri/detikcom)
Trim factor in styling cargo?
Trim it to adjust the weight of the plane in the middle. In the middle, there’s no way it can be just one point because the load can change.
So that it is given a bit rigid like this so that it can go backwards or forwards a little or backwards a little. Now that’s the name I said range.
Time to use cargo space under the plane?
Under that compartment. Just like passenger planes. So if for example the total goods are 22 tons but they are large, it’s impossible for all of them to enter here. We can put it in the compartment.
That’s if it’s already 22 tons above, you can’t fill it below.
It is known that BBN Airlines Indonesia is a new airline in Indonesia. This foreign-owned company runs a charter business, aircraft maintenance to cargo.
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2023-09-04 00:39:20
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