30 Mayıs 2017 Salı

1,453 Dump Trucks Parade for Record


türkçe links to original Turkish article

(HaberTürk Newspaper, 30 May 2017)

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       Let's see the North Koreans top this!

In commemoration of the 564th anniversary of the Ottoman conquest
of Istanbul in 1453, the contractor building the third Istanbul airport
organized a 1,453 dump truck parade (!) to break the Guinness world
record for the "Longest Truck Parade".

The CEO of İGA Airport Construction Yusuf Akçayoğlu explained
the details of the record-breaking event, which was held on the new
airport's number 1 runway, as follows: "Preparations took two months.
We started with a computer simulation because any hiccup in the flow
of the trucks would foil our effort.  We even had a special radio frequency
for the drivers to monitor.  We had mostly Turkish drivers, but Pakistanis
and Vietnamese ones, too."

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    Our motto: "Killing Time Productively!"

The previous record of 416 trucks was set in Holland in 2004.  Guinness
record-keeper Prof. Dr. Orhan Kuran and other officials were on hand
to document the momentous event.

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The new 3rd Istanbul Airport is under construction, upper left.

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