Wizz Air, the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central
and Eastern Europe, celebrates the successful attempt to set a new Guinness
World record in partnership with Zsolt ‘Popey’ Sinka, who has now set a new
record for pulling the heaviest aircraft by teeth. Recently Zsolt
‘Popey” Sinka dug his teeth into a 7m long rope and pulled one of
Wizz Air’s new Airbus A320 aircraft, weighing over 50 tons. Cheered by staff of
both the airline and Budapest
Airport 39.2 meters
in 52 seconds pulling the 180 seater jet aircraft all along. The record
breaking results were certified by the Hungarian Record Committee, and will be
submitted to the Guinness panel of judges at the Guinness Book of
Records. Based on the official report of the Budapest 31.1C
while the temperature of the concrete on the ground was 43.3C.
Speaking at a press conference
following the record setting, Zsolt ‘Popey” Sinka said: ”I am overwhelmed with
the record breaking result today and I am deeply touched to have reached yet
another goal. Teaming up with Wizz Air, another great success story, was the
best decision to make this day unforgettable and have the command over my very
own Airbus for 52 seconds and almost 40 meters !”
Wizz Air’s Daniel de Carvalho
said:”Wizz Air congratulates Zsolt for making the world’s strongest pull of an
aircraft by teeth. It would appear that much of the fuel consuming aircraft
movements on the ground can be done by sheer muscle strength. We’re really
excited about this and will discuss high flying plans to hire Zsolt to train
our ground handling staff who then would save us millions when teeth-pulling
all of our 44 aircraft in the 94 airports we fly to. In the name of lower fares
Zsolt might have opened the doors for a real ground handling revolution!”
