Wednesday, January 22, 2014

CYCLONE TRACY AIRLIFT RECORD

The  Guinness  Book of  Aircraft  Records  and  Feats,  l992, sixth edition introduction  stated   that  the   old  record  of  674 passengers  carried  by  an  airliner - 306 adults , 328 children and  40 babies – from   Darwin  after  Cyclone Tracy  had   been  bettered . In   1991 , an  El Al Boeing 747 , evacuating  Falash  people from  Ethiopa , had  uplifted  in  one  flight  1087 people , including three onboard   births.