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Whole year of waiting: the first aircraft landed at the airport on the island of St. Helena. Video

For the construction of the airport was spent 285 million pounds.

The first plane landed at the airport, built a year ago on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic ocean.

The plane was carrying 60 passengers, he arrived from South Africa. Another plane with the same loading were shipped to the mainland.

The airport was built on a cliff where the natural conditions, particularly strong winds, making landing almost impossible. He was named “the most useless in the world.” For the construction of the airport was spent 285 million pounds.

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