Tunnelbuilder
Home
Diary
Tenders
Awards
Archive
News Feed
Buyers Guide
Product Promotion
Jobs Gallery
Sales
Newsletter
Tracker
Contact
English
Spanish
Italian
German
Chinese
French
Dutch
Japanese
Swedish
Norwegian
Russian
Highlights of 2005
17/12/2005
Highlights of 2005The Holy City of Mecca in Saudi Arabia needed two new pedestrian tunnels in a hurry for the thousands of pilgrims arriving for Haj on 5th January, 2005. Turkish contractor SFTA ordered Atlas Copco drillrigs to drive the 839 m-long tunnels, but needed to make a start as soon as possible. This video tells the story of how the rigs were airlifted from Orebro airport by an AN-124-100 heavy cargo plane.
Click here
to view, and visit
www.boomer-rig.com
for contact and further information.50-51/05
Tweet
Active Tenders
17.12.2025
Italy
06.01.2026
France
12.01.2026
Austria
14.01.2026
Netherlands
23.01.2026
Switzerland
23.01.2026
Switzerland
Previous
Next
X