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Why aviation's strangest four-engine giant passenger plane is vanishing from the skies
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After decades of limited commercial appeal, the Airbus A340-600 is set to disappear from Lufthansa’s fleet. This month, an A340-600 with queue number D-AIHW arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport for what the article describes as the final flight under Lufthansa’s relationship with the aircraft—terminating a chapter for the airline. Aviation enthusiasts gathered at the gates and stood in front of the famous Eero Saarinen terminal, with banners marking the occasion. The A340-600 first debuted in August 2002, featured a 247-foot fuselage that made it the world’s longest commercial airliner, and carried four Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines.
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