Atlas Air Charter

[Paul f.]

Originally Posted by Jayden Laing

Paul, that I have no idea but yesterday I seemed to have been done. Once the anti collision beacons came on, the engineer climbed a flight of removable stairs situated about 3/4's rear on to the number 4 engine. He picked up a long steel rod (brace & bit drill type rod) & after receiving a thumbs up from another ground engineer who was talking to the flight deck, proceeded to twist the rod inside a rear panel of the engine. It then seemed to fire up & was some time after the spool up & the running of the engine before he removed the rod & towed the flight of stairs away. Now with the engine running, the 742F was pushed back & all the other engines started.
So when I saw this, I thought it seemed quite unusual & after seeing the long rod, I immediately thought of a crank start. I could be wrong & more than happy to be corrected but that's what I saw yesterday.


Thanks for the comments Shayne!

Thanks Jayden,i have never heard of this before.