Tuesday, 31 March 2020

How China Eastern converted its A330-200 passenger jet into a freighter aircraft

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA

Image courtesy : China Eastern

China Eastern Airlines has urgently removed some seats for its passenger planes to accommodate cargo. The initial pair of passenger aircraft to undergo conversion are two A330-200 passenger planes. 

Approximately 160 Economy Class seats are being removed from the A332, and 42 seats are reserved to ensure that cargo transportation is securely bundled. After careful preparation, China Eastern Airlines Technology Co., Ltd. took 48 hours to disassemble 120 groups of 316 cabin seats and completed the "passenger jet change". 

According to the technical department of China Eastern Airlines, the engineers removed the wiring harnesses connecting the seats and the aircraft floor entertainment system in the shortest time. At the same time, the reserved wiring harnesses were bundled and arranged, and the remaining wires were taken off the plane to a designated area for storage. After the task of disassembling the seats, the project team carried out buffering and anti-vibration work on the remaining seats, cabin wall panels and aisles to further improve the safety and reliability of the cabin seats.

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