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The Antonov Airlines An-225 landing at Hostomel Airport, 2014. The Antonov An-225 Mriya was originally operated between 1988 and 1991 as the prime method of transporting Buran-class orbiters for the Soviet space program. [36] Its first pilot was Oleksandr Halunenko, who continued flying it until 2004. [37] "
The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest airplane, was at the airport at the start of the battle. It was initially confirmed to be intact by an Antonov pilot, despite the fighting. [41] On 27 February, a Ukroboronprom press release claimed that the Mriya had been destroyed by a Russian airstrike. [42]
With a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (705 short tons), the An-225 held several records, including heaviest aircraft ever built and largest wingspan of any operational aircraft. It was commonly used to transport objects once thought impossible to move by air, such as 130-ton generators, wind turbine blades, and diesel locomotives .
Antonov An-225 Mriya: Destroyed on the ground at Hostomel Airport. [439] [440] [441] Antonov An-74: Registration number UR-74010 was destroyed by Russian forces during the Battle of Antonov Airport. [442] [441] Antonov An-26: Registration number UR-13395 was destroyed during the battle for Hostomel. [441] [443] Antonov An-124
A light aircraft crashed after taking off from Malta, killing all five people on board in the island nation's worst peacetime air accident.
Follow The Post's live updates on the deadly plane crash near DC's Reagan National Airport that left no survivors after an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night.
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
March 22 – An Antonov An-225 Mriya sets a total of 106 world and class records during a 3-hour, 30-minute flight. Its total weight at take-off is 508,200 kg (1,129,370 lb). [3] March 26 – The airline Binter Canarias, a subsidiary of Iberia, begins flight operations.