What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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Hello folks,

Anyone who´s able to tell me what that little bump is on the back of this Turkish Airlines T7? this picture is taken at 27 with backlit, sorry for that, but i was wondering what that thing exactly is....
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Re: What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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I suppose it's the antenna for their in-flight connectivity.
It was not on the ex-Jet Airways aircraft, but it seems present on all of their own 777's.

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http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-INT/p ... onomyClass
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Re: What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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PeeWee wrote:I suppose it's the antenna for their in-flight connectivity.
It was not on the ex-Jet Airways aircraft, but it seems present on all of their own 777's.

Some info:
http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-INT/p ... onomyClass
Hi Peewee...

Thanks for the respons. That might be a good point there.....but it must be an optional thing, cause airliners flying with this T7 configuration is pretty rare. As a matter a fact, Turkish is the only one i have seen so far.....
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Re: What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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I guess it's mostly for the live-tv part of the entertainment system.

A bit like the "JetBlue-bump": http://www.airliners.net/photo/JetBlue- ... fed4cffce4
They offer live-tv during the flight. I know the A320's are modified after delivery.
It seems TK's 777's are delivered from Boeing with everything installed: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XnZxqxG23kw/T ... livery.jpg
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Re: What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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wild weasel wrote:Hello folks,

Anyone who´s able to tell me what that little bump is on the back of this Turkish Airlines T7? this picture is taken at 27 with backlit, sorry for that, but i was wondering what that thing exactly is....
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Is it housing the new CMA-2102SB antenna? (SATCOM)
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Re: What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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No idea about the bump/antenna on the back of the Turkish 777. The new CMA-2102SB antenna (SATCOM) is the (little bigger) one on the foreside. The small one on the back is also fitted at Korean Boeing 777's.
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Re: What is that bump on the T7 from Turkish Airlines?

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Live TV or antenna house?
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