Why and how did all the airplanes were grounded?

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Airplane "Long Term Parking" 


The title expresses it's meaning itself that how and why Airliners need to go for long term parkings or hibernation. Situation around the world right now does not allow travel so much because travelling by air can cause an increase in Covid 19 by interaction of passengers and can spread it worldwide so it is very important to park temporarily grounded airplanes in a manner that its overall structure does not get damaged. For this particular task airlines assign teams to take care of aircraft while they are resting on ground by covering all its window to avoid exposure to sunlight and just like that other important parts like its engine, gears, and APU. Engines and gears need to be protected well to save them from interaction of birds and air combined small particles. Airlines need to make sure that a plane should be able to work properly to avoid any sort of mechanical failure during its long term parking so running engines and moving aircraft gradually after few days (usually 7-14 ) And same procedures are applied on APU's ( Auxiliary Power Unit) as well to not let bird create nest in it and prevent any contact with open air so engineers need to cover it up too. These procedures can be time taking and does requires a lot of hard work and good strategies of engineers to help airplane return to air with their hundred percent performance and thus for that a good care is mandatory. 


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