Flying on Qatar Airways B747-8 Cargo Plane

Go up to the left 34 I BOE 136. - Qatari 8 Hotel Tango east tower, continue approach, Q and H nine nine, eight pascals of tack. (dramatic music) - Welcome to Doha! Thank you very much for joining us today. And I hope you enjoyed the flight. I hope to see you on another flight on Qatar Airways. Very good, Giancarlo - Thank you. - Yes, thank you and. - So this is your last flight that I heard before you returned to your home country, stationed in your home country. - That's right. - Are you going to miss it? - Of course. - Big time. - This is an amazing job, so I really enjoyed all this time here in Doha, so it's time to go home. - Well, thank you very much for taking care of me on the flight.

I learned a lot and this is a flight to remember. - Yes, of course, even for me I will remember this for a long, long, long time. Thank you very much too. - And guys, this is not the end. We have not shown you all the loading facilities, loading and unloading activities in Doha. So stay tuned! Super, super humid here in Doha. But nothing better than walking down on a 747. What a glorious arrival! (upbeat rock music) - Welcome to the Hamad International Airport Cargo Campus. This is our center. This is where all transit

cargo

arriving in Doha will be broken down, sorted and put on a connecting flight.

Again, a similar process to that of passengers. This is an example of a bottom deck that is ready to run and load. The three components, the aluminum sheet, is the base of the pallet. The boxes inside have been placed at a certain height to fit in the belly. And then the plastic sheet to protect from water. And the net, and the net would be taut to prevent the contents from collapsing on the side of the pallet. (upbeat rock music) Sam, earlier in the flight today, we talked about the contour of the

plane

and the contour of the blades, right?

If you come with me to that side, you'll see clearly that one side is actually very straight with a top, and then it goes and forms a kind of arc. And the arch is designed to match the aircraft fuselage to maximize the space used on the deck. (upbeat rock music) - Sam, we're in a danger zone now. We are talking about dangerous goods. So we have classified them: Dangerous? - Very dangerous. That is why we have classified them into several categories. And they are segregated from each other. Then you have your corrosives. You have your flammables there.

And further down here. I don't want to get too close, but again, properly segregated. So everything is in good hands. And this specific one is only for

cargo

plane

s. Therefore, you will not travel in the cargo hold with passengers, but only on cargo aircraft. - Alright. That's why most dangerous goods travel on cargo planes. - Not all, but certain categories. Everything is categorized and you see it in the labels shown in the box. So this has the categories. (upbeat rock music) - Qatar Airways transports more than 1,000 cars a year. - A thousand cars? - For everyone, this is new.

It is a main deck car. It's too high to go on the passenger flight. But sometimes we transport Ferraris or Porsches on the passenger plane. So don't be surprised if the next time you fly, out the window, you see a loaded Ferrari under your feet. (upbeat rock music) - Sam, this illustrates one of the great prides we have at Qatar Airways: contributing to a better world by sending aid and relief to people and populations in need. So we do it doubly. We do it with NGOs. We also do this as part of our humanitarian activity, which means we send some cargo for free to various places when people need it. - We are in our live animal facility, air-conditioned facility where we take care of all of our animals, the smaller animals.

Kitten here going, coming from Sofia and going to Jakarta, fabulous nation. - From JFK to Lahore. Beautiful cats. (meow) - This is a dog area where we just received deliveries coming from Washington for Doha. So the owner, very happy owner, will soon pick up the beloved dog from him. - So Frank, what kind of exotic animals do you transport as cargo? - Oh Sam, we went from zebras to lions and elephants, but unfortunately not today. (upbeat rock music) - Welcome to our climate control center. We carry all perishable cargo through here. We guarantee a temperature of 15 to 25 degrees.

In the other room there from three to eight degrees. And here we sell pharmaceutical products, as well as food and any other type of perishable products. (upbeat music) - It's actually very easy. These wheels did it. I mean you can push four tons with one man. On your own, you can carry four tons of cargo. Oh look, fresh fish is coming. It seems so easy, they just push it like that! (upbeat rock music) Well, thanks for showing me so much. I actually never thought about it, you know, when people think about loading, we don't really think about it much, honestly.

And now seeing all the facilities you have as perishable, as if you had a dangerous one. You have so, so many areas. You have all kinds of cargo. You know when you think, for example, about the phone I have here. This arrived on a cargo plane. - You're right, Sam. Freight is an industry that is not well known to the general public. However, it is everywhere. The t-shirt you are wearing arrived at your store in cargo format. The watch, his iPhone, probably his shoes, and the salmon he ate last night at his Hong Kong hotel arrived in Hong Kong via Qatar Airways cargo. - Wow, thank you very much for showing it to me. - My pleasure! - It is a great pleasure to fly on a Qatar Airways 747-8 cargo and also see the world-class facilities here in Doha. - It was a great pleasure to have you.

Thank you. - Thank you. I have superpower. I'll use one of my fingers to pull the container forward. Look at it. Using a finger, let's go. (screeching) Wow, that was the superpower I have after Flight 747, but honestly, it's a empty canister. Thanks so much for looking!