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In pictures: Hundreds pull Boeing 737 for charity

Linzi Kinghorn
BBC South
Galya Dimitrova
BBC News
Three men dressed up as superheroes Iron Man, Spiderman and DeadPool are pulling a plane by two ropes
A team of people split in two are pulling an airplane by two ropes. They are dressed in yellow tops and facing away from the camera. It's sunny.
The Boeing 737, which weighs the equivalent of seven-and-a-half adult elephants, was pulled 50m along Bournemouth Airport's runway.
The 21 teams that took part in the plane pull on Monday raised money for 15 different charities.

More than 400 people have taken part in UK's only charity plane pull.

The 15th year of the Dorset Plane Pull saw 21 teams pulling a 35-tonne Boeing 737 a distance of 50m along Bournemouth Airport's runway on Monday morning.

Participants, who had to pull the equivalent of seven-and-a-half adult elephants, raised money for 15 charities.

The event has been running since 2009, raising £300k in total, and founder Richard Griffin said it was "crazy, lots of fun and extremely rewarding".

A group of people split in two are pulling a plane by two ropes on a slightly overcast day. A warden wearing a blue top and a hat can be seen in the middle of the two groups, in front of the airplane. Lorries and another plane can be seen in the distance.
A 35-tonne Boeing 737 was pulled along along Bournemouth Airport

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