[Kelvin R]

Hi,

I caught a glimpse last night on the news of Etihad Stadium's mast being unloaded from the nose of a 747 Freighter but didn't catch any of the other details apart from the $200,000 freight costs for this item.

Does anyone have any further details, was this a special charter or did the mast come in on the regular Frankfurt freighter flight?

I understand the mast is Alfa Romeo's spare and had to be air freighted from France after Etihad Stadium demasted on its delivery sail from Melbourne to Sydney.

I am a bit confused as the mast arrived (I am presuming in Melbourne?) at 1:30am Tuesday morning, but (the boat) Etihad Stadium is in Sydney and the mast is being fitted tonight by crane. This also leaves me wondering how they got it from the airport to the boat.

Thanks !