Lufthansa goes under the climate and weather researchers - with a specially converted Airbus from the Munich A350 fleet.
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Lufthansa is now strengthening its services for science and is converting an Airbus A 350, the "Erfurt" (Photo: Lufthansa), into a climate research aircraft.
In the future, it will diligently collect data above the clouds, announces company spokeswoman Bettina Rittberger - and start from Munich.
The first and most extensive renovation work was carried out in the Lufthansa Technik hangar on Malta. Preparations for the installation of the air intake system were made on the lower fuselage. This is followed by a series of test flights, at the end of which there is certification of a climate research laboratory weighing around 1.6 tons, the so-called CARIBIC measuring container. The abbreviation stands for "Civil aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrument container". The project is part of a comprehensive European research consortium.
The "Erfurt" is expected to take off from Munich on its first flight in the service of climate research at the end of this year and will measure around 100 different trace gases, aerosol and cloud parameters in the tropopause region - at an altitude of nine to twelve kilometers. The project was preceded by a four-year planning and development phase. ham
