The plane later continued onto Manchester from Stansted after all the passengers and cargo were screened, a process that took about four hours, according to the high commissioner's office.
Shumlin, after meeting with Marois on Monday in Montreal, said a major impediment to improved rail communication remains the pre-clearance of passengers and cargo by customs officials from both countries when crossing the border.
But wait times could lengthen if millions of dollars in mandated spending cuts force the Transportation Security Administration to trim the number of agents that screen passengers and cargo for bombs, guns and other prohibited items.
"There's very little we can do to mitigate it because the procedures we use to clear passengers and cargo, they're responsible I think for the fact that we have a very safe aviation system and we have a very good land migration system where we know who's coming into the country, " she said.
The 410-foot Badger hauls passengers, vehicles and cargo between its home port of Ludington, Mich.
The four-engine Yun-20, or Transport-20, is a huge, multi-function airfreighter that can perform various long distance air transport tasks targeting cargo and passengers, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.
"The challenge is to get final approval of our pre-clearance so we can start moving cargo and passengers by rail, " Shumlin said, but it's up to the federal governments in both countries to smooth the border crossings.
The airline is expected to announce its quarterly results shortly, and they will most likely be disastrous considering it has been flying less cargo, less passengers, and has millions in worker liabilities.
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The training includes climbing in through wing exits with gear, getting into cargo holds and finding which container is burning, moving hoses through planes without snags, opening doors and cargo hatches without electrical power and searching and rescuing passengers.
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Passengers and crew escaped but left behind a fortune in precious cargo which sank to the bottom of the Atlantic seabed.
Air travel has become an integral link between the U.S. and the global economy--not just for passengers, but also for cargo.
In particular, the aircraft is unlikely to have any windows because passengers will be huddled together in the centre of the airliner, surrounded by cargo and fuel.
So far, the U.S. Air Force has flown at least seven C-17 cargo missions into Mali, carrying 200 passengers, mainly French troops, and 168 tons of equipment, according to Maj.
Pudong's passenger and cargo traffic grew 27% in 2010, to 40.6 million passengers.
Doing so would encourage passengers to check their baggage so screwdrivers, knives and sports equipment can ride where they belong: in cargo holds inside checked and TSA-screened bags.
When it stopped flying, thousands of passengers were left clamouring for seats on the country's smaller airlines, and provincial businessmen were desperate to get cargo out.
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