LC-130 grounded at the South Pole

LC-130 grounded at the South Pole

2013-12-20

Occasionally an LC-130 will suffer an equipment failure en route to the South Pole. In this case, there is no choice but to pull over to the skiway apron and shut down the engines. This specimen has been parked here since before we arrived - more than a week ago. Our flight brought in the yellow heater trailers seen on either side of the aircraft, which will be used to preheat the engines before restarting them once the plane has been repaired.

LC-130 grounded at the South Pole

LC-130 grounded at the South Pole

2013-12-20

Occasionally an LC-130 will suffer an equipment failure en route to the South Pole. In this case, there is no choice but to pull over to the skiway apron and shut down the engines. This specimen has been parked here since before we arrived - more than a week ago. Our flight brought in the yellow heater trailers seen on either side of the aircraft, which will be used to preheat the engines before restarting them once the plane has been repaired.