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Berlin’s Mystery Jet Fuselage Move Was a Museum Transport

The museum says it moved a Fairchild Dornier 728 prototype from Tempelhof into storage in Reinickendorf.

Overview

  • The German Museum of Technology said it organized the late‑April road move of a jet fuselage across roughly 20 kilometers from Tempelhof to a depot in Reinickendorf.
  • The piece is a Fairchild Dornier 728 prototype that never advanced beyond development after the company went bankrupt.
  • The museum said it acquired the airframe from a private collector and has placed it in storage for now.
  • Police said five officers escorted the convoy from 10 p.m. and reported no major incidents along the Stadtautobahn route.
  • An Instagram video shows workers using an angle grinder near a damaged traffic sign, a scene that drew guesses online until the museum confirmed the move.