World’s largest passenger plane landing in Honolulu
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A couple with a small child watches an Emirates Airbus A380 flying from Dubai to Amsterdam sitting on the runway after an emergency landing at Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. An official says a female passenger of the plane collapsed during the flight and died after the plane made an emergency landing despite the efforts of a rescue team. (AP Photo/CTK, Michal Krumphanzl) SLOVAKIA OUT
A couple with a small child watches an Emirates Airbus A380 flying from Dubai to Amsterdam sitting on the runway after an emergency landing at Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. An official says a female passenger of the plane collapsed during the flight and died after the plane made an emergency landing despite the efforts of a rescue team. (AP Photo/CTK, Michal Krumphanzl) SLOVAKIA OUT
The world’s largest passenger aircraft is landing in Honolulu.
Airbus is scheduled to make a stopover at about 2:30 this afternoon with its A380 on a trip from the Airbus factory in France to Hong Kong.
According to a news release, the double-deck aircraft can seat up to 853 passengers and has a range of 8,300 nautical miles. It is 239 feet long, with a wingspan of 262 feet.
