South African Airways Airbus A340-642 ZS-SNE is towed towards Terminal 1.
MSN 534 has had its first flight on 31.10.03 with the test registration F-WWCY and was delivered to South African on 18.11.03. It is leased via ILFC.
The engines of the A340-500/-600 were exclusively designed by Rolls-Royce. It´s the Trent 556 with 249 kN thrust. The engines are equipped with a three-shaft high bypass ratio of 7.6 - 7.5, the fan diameter is 97.4 inches (2.47 m), they have an eight-stage IP compressor and a six-stage HP compressor. Each turbine has a dry weight of 4,680kg (10,400lb)!
