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Poland seizes tires for Boeing aircraft headed for Russia | Reuters

c/world · u/fne8w2ah@lemmy.world · 213 points

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u/flightyhobler@lemmy.world · 5 points

That how I initially read it, but just in case anyone else didn't get it: they are referring to a shipment of tires.

u/yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 points

How many starts and landing single tire can hold? quick google said 300-450? How big % of total needs that interrupt was?

u/exasperation@lemm.ee · 8 points

The 787 has 8 main tires and 2 nose tires. The main tires are 218 lbs (about 100kg) and the nose tires are 114 lbs (about 50kg). So a set is roughly 1970 lbs/900kg, pretty close to a short ton. 5 metric tonnes would be about 5.6 sets of 787 tires.

u/jjpamsterdam@feddit.org · 45 points

*The sender of the goods was a company from Spain, and the recipient was from Azerbaijan.*

I'm sure these legitimate businessmen could perhaps consider transporting their wares via Turkey and Georgia? You know, along the well established transit route for commercial cargo between the EU and Azerbaijan.

u/AmidFuror@fedia.io · 13 points

The plane can't land without those tires, so I guess that effectively grounds it.