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What fuels the aircraft to fly?
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Mumbai Airport’s Tarmac’s Crazy Morning Rush: Flight Prep
Mumbai Magic: A look at the airport tarmac at dawn, a vibrant place. Morning mayhem! India’s busiest airport, Tarmac action at Mumbai. The untold hustle of Mumbai airport: watching planes come alive on the tarmac. How Mumbai airport prepares hundreds of flights before sunrise. The synchronized ballet of a busy tarmac with ground operations. The ground crew heroes of the morning shift getting Mumbai’s flights ready.........
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The pulse of the city starts right here. Watching the ground crews and the rising sun at Mumbai Airport (BOM) during the morning rush. A perfectly synchronized ballet of logistics that launches a thousand journeys. This is where the magic happens! And activity in airport operations, like the Air Traffic Control tower or the Cargo Complex. Flights arriving and departing on time.
The early morning hours at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in Mumbai is a period of intense, synchronized activity as ground crews prepare for the first wave of departures. The "tarmac" (officially called the apron) buzzes with coordinated movements long before passengers’ step on board the aircraft.
Here is a breakdown of the key morning activities preparing planes for the day's flights:
Morning Rush on the Mumbai
Airport Apron, the hustle and bustle to finish the job on time. The pre-dawn
hours are crucial for turning around aircraft that landed late the previous
night or positioning planes for early morning departures. Mumbai is one of the
world's busiest single-runway airports, meaning efficiency is paramount.
1. Aircraft Servicing & Maintenance Checks
Walk-around Inspection: Maintenance engineers perform detailed pre-flight inspections of the aircraft exterior, checking tires, control surfaces (wings, flaps, rudder), and engines for any signs of damage or wear.
Refueling: Fuel trucks move in to top off the aircraft tanks according to the flight plan's requirements. This often happens simultaneously with other activities to save time.
Technical Log Check: The flight crew reviews the technical logbook to ensure all maintenance from the previous night is signed off and the aircraft is airworthy.
2. Ground Support Operations (The Turnaround)
Baggage and Cargo Loading:
Ground handlers utilize specialized carts and belt loaders to move checked
baggage, mail, and cargo into the aircraft's holds. This is a highly
coordinated effort to ensure the load is balanced correctly.
Catering and Water: Catering trucks arrive to load fresh meals, snacks, beverages, and duty-free items. Separately, potable water trucks refill the aircraft's clean water tanks, and lavatory service trucks empty the waste tanks.
Pushback and Towing
Preparation: Ground vehicles like tugs and tow bars are positioned and ready.
For aircraft parked remotely (not at an aerobridge), a tow truck will move it
to the terminal gate or a pushback truck will push it onto the taxiway when ready
for departure.
3. Crew and Passenger Readiness
Cleaning: Cleaning crews
rapidly move through the cabin, preparing it for the next set of passengers.
This includes removing trash, stocking seat-back pockets, and tidying up
lavatories.
Arrival of Flight Crew: Pilots and cabin crew arrive, receive their final flight plan and weather briefings, and conduct their own mandatory checks inside the cockpit and cabin.
Marshalling: As aircraft are ready to depart and push back from the gate, ground marshallers use hand signals to guide the plane and the pushback crew onto the designated taxiway, ensuring safe clearance from nearby vehicles and other aircraft.
This will give you an idea how much precision planning goes into readying a flight. If anything is delayed, the flight gets delayed and the whole schedule is upset for the day. Hats off to the ground staff for preparing the flight so that it can depart on time and arrivals too can land on time. A lot of work goes into the co-ordination to keep up the arrival and departure schedule.
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What fuels the aircraft to fly?
When you travel by road, you see petrol pumps where you can fuel your vehicle with either petrol or diesel. Similarly, aircraft too need fuel to fly long distances. But they need a special fuel.
They need ATF. What is ATF? ATF is the Aviation Turbine Fuel. It is widely recognized as Jet fuel, and is an essential high-performance fuel for aircraft gas-turbine engines.
The two primary types are Jet A and Jet A1, with Jet A1 being the global standard due to its exceptional cold-weather performance. These fuels which range from clear to straw-coloured are rigorously tested to meet international standards set by leading organizations such as ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) and DF STAN (the UK Ministry of Defence Standard).
Formulated with advanced additives jet fuel effectively prevents static discharge, corrosion and microbial growth ensuring safety and reliability even in the most demanding conditions at 35,000 feet. Refineries all over the world customize their output to include ATF. The price of this fuel affects the flying cost. Your air ticket rates fluctuate based on this price.
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