Business Jet Center Facilitates Dolphin Transfer

With only a 30-minute window to accomplish their task, Business Jet Center employees at Oakland International Airport recently transferred a live dolphin from a charted DC-9 aircraft to a truck headed to Six Flags in Vallejo, Calif. 

Pictured unloading a special tank containing the dolphin are from left Business Jet Center Line Service Technicians Michael Parra and Christian Franco. The dolphin was in a zoo in Minnesota and was flown to OAK for the transfer to the theme park. 

Above: Employees from Six Flags theme park in Vallejo, Calif., inspect the special tank holding a dolphin being transferred from a zoo in Minnesota. The dolphin arrived at Business Jet Center, Oakland International Airport (OAK) via a DC-9 charter flight. Business Jet Center line service technicians facilitated the transfer from the charter aircraft to ground transportation for the trip to the theme park.