The load shifted when they were making the pick - it was a 200 ton crawler, so sounds likes they were trying to save time and didn’t cut the debris into smaller pieces or account for the fact that they weren’t picking up something static.

Far superior to pilot/copilot

Almost seems like a musk company was about to run afoul of FCPA.

Back across the US - Portland Maine is a popular tech stop for the AN124’s and then probably someplace in the UK

AN-124’s are extremely inefficient - it’s probably stopping 2-3 times on route, but still easier to arrange than flying each plane.