The Flying Palace of the Sultan of Brunei

The Sultan of Brunei is one of the richest people in the world. He surprises the world with boundless luxury. The whole world enviously discusses the published scandalous data on his expenses, and he continues to live in a big way. One of his recent purchases is an Airbus A340 aircraft for US$100 million. Let's take a look at the flying palace - the personal plane of the head of the oil power.

1. The Airbus A340 is a long-haul four-engine wide-body jet passenger aircraft developed by Airbus SAS and is the world's longest passenger aircraft with a fuselage length of 75.3 meters. Due to its large wingspan and high fuel consumption, the A340-212 was not in demand - a total of 28 such aircraft were produced, including the Sultan version.

2. Corridor in the plane of the Sultan.

3. Meeting room.

4. And this is very romantically called the "compartment compartment."

5. Toilet with shower. All plumbing in the aircraft is gilded.

6. And finally, the golden shell.

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8. The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, has been flying the Airbus A340-212 for a long time, and according to US intelligence, getting on board is harder than getting into a room with a US nuclear launch system.

9. The Sultan bought an Airbus A340-212 for $100 million, after which he gave it for revision to the American military department (!) Raytheon, which completely changed the interior of the aircraft for $120 million and modernized it somewhat. Additional fuel tanks increased the flight range to 15 thousand km, against 12.4 thousand for the production model.

10. Airbus Sultan of Brunei was decorated in the colors of the national flag.

11. Hassanal Bolkiah has been surrounded by gold and diamonds since the day he was born. In October 1967, at the age of 21, Bolkiah took over as Sultan of Brunei and began to increase his wealth. Gold accompanies the Sultan everywhere, even in the sky.