The only "problem" with going to JFK is that on the inbound leg from Dakar to BWI everyone has to get off, get their luggage, and go through customs and immigration. Those passengers going on to BWI would have to turn in their luggage on leaving customs and then go back to the Air Senegal gate. The non-stop flight distance from DSS to BWI is 3966 miles. DSS to JFK is 3830.
640 is the reported number of passengers. Assuming one pax weighs 170 pounds that is a 108,800 pound load. The C-17 is rated at a cargo capacity of 130,000 with full fuel. Range is 5800 miles. The run from Kabul to Gwadar to Doha is 1435 miles. Should not have been a problem to carry that many people, just another day in the cargo business when the aircraft "cubes" out before it "weight out."
The Russian Navy has been conducting military exercises about 300 to 500 miles west of Hawaii prompting the U.S. on Sunday to scramble three F-22s to respond to long-range bombers, a report said.
I see on Flightradar24 right now an Air Hamburg charger diverted on its direct route between Moscow (VKO)and Kiev to cross a corner of Belarus. U.S. cargo flights from China to Germany and Belgium are being diverted and forced to transit Belarus.
This article deals solely with U.S. military aviation. It has nothing to do with our commercial or general aviation communities. It should be titled, "US MILITARY AIR SAFETY PANEL...."
