On the evening of November 3, in Huangpi District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, residents were astonished to see a large airplane being transported along a city road, drawing crowds of onlookers. Some amused witnesses joked, “Didn’t expect to be driving side by side with a plane on the street!”

Video footage shows the massive aircraft fuselage, about the same size as a passenger jet, being hauled by a flatbed truck. The wings had been removed, but the body appeared largely intact, bearing the markings of “China Southern Airlines.”

According to a local government official, the aircraft was a retired flight simulator training fuselage from China Southern Airlines, not a complete airplane. It is missing key components and will be used for teaching or exhibition purposes.

The transport was fully approved and filed as a special oversized cargo operation, with traffic police escorting and directing vehicles throughout the route.