# Flights/Aircraft From China

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-aircraft-from-china/847538>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 6, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-aircraft-from-china/847538 "2020-02-06T14:21:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-aircraft-from-china/847538/1 "2020-02-06T14:21:25Z")

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Referencing the flights evacuating Americans from China, anyone else notice the 747’s appear to be configured as cargo vs passenger? Curious as to what type of seating is on these aircraft. Anyone?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-aircraft-from-china/847538/2 "2020-02-06T16:49:57Z")

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Found an article about it [here](https://thepointsguy.com/news/a-look-inside-the-747-that-evacuated-americans-from-wuhan/). The article speculates that they chose a cargo plane because its upper deck (including cockpit) is sealed off from the cargo hold.

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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-aircraft-from-china/847538/3 "2020-02-07T03:22:24Z")

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Thanks. Good info.