Kallita Air Flight K4581 / CKS581 - Boeing 747-400F - Registration # N716CK just arrived at Kelly Field from Tokyo about 3:57am CST.
On 17 February, two Kalitta Air Boeing 747’s departed Tokyo Haneda Airport, Japan, flight tracking app Flightradar24 reported. Their mission is to evacuate passengers from The Diamond Princess, a cruise ship that has been stranded in Yokohama after a major on board outbreak of the Corona virus.
One Boeing 747 freighter
will fly to Kelly Field, an air force base located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The second Boeing 747 will
operate to Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, California. Passengers on board will not directly meet their families and relatives but are obliged to go into quarantine over at Lackland AFB for further testing. The first group of now 90 people are set to be released on Feb 20th.
A town hall is scheduled at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. in the Gateway Club to answer questions about the repatriation of American citizens due to the current coronavirus outbreak
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The current quarantine bases include Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Travis Air Force Base in Sacramento, California; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego; and Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska.
For this occasion, the aircraft was equipped with special seats. In normal operations, these aircraft are a huge cargo bay for freighter config.
Pictured below is their similar sister aircraft N710CK so you get the basic idea.
On 17 February, two Kalitta Air Boeing 747's departed Tokyo Haneda Airport, Japan, flight tracking app Flightradar24 reported. Their mission is to
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Prior to landing air traffic control comms were heard on Kelly Field's UHF Tower freq and then after landing the passengers were transported by Brymak Shuttle White Troop Buses to the Gateway Inn and their comms were heard on 464.9500 TG# 64400 on the Ind Comm Passport TRS
Industrial Communications (Passport) Trunking System Profile
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