Converted 727s To Combat Oil Slicks On The High Seas

Credit: Oil Spill Response Ltd.
LONDON — For decades, the job of aerial spraying dispersant onto oil spills at sea has been assigned to slow piston-engine or turboprop cargo aircraft. But a U.K.-based team is introducing jet-powered freighters converted to spray aircraft in order to reduce response times, increase range and reach...

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