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The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Russian: Антонов Ан-124 Руслан; Ukrainian: Ан-124 Руслан, lit. 'Ruslan'; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (USSR).
The first start of a full-scale engine occurred on September 19, 1980, the An-124 maiden flight on December 24, 1982 and the engine passed official bench tests on December 19, 1985. An upgraded 3M version was developed to reduce emissions and increase the life of the hot section to 14,000 h, and is introduced on An-124s of Antonov Airlines . [ 2 ]
Shortly after take-off the No. 2 engine of the Antonov An-124 Ruslan operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure. [1] Debris from the engine punctured the aircraft's fuselage and wings, affecting power supplies and rendering the ADS-B inoperative. The aircraft's braking system was also affected, [3] as were engines 3 and 4. [4]
The An-124 "Ruslan" (1982) became the Soviet Union's mass-produced strategic airlifter under the leadership of Chief Designer Viktor Tolmachev. [citation needed] The Bureau enlarged the "Ruslan" design even more for the Soviet spaceplane programme logistics, creating the An-225 "Mriya" in 1985. "Mriya" was the world's largest and heaviest ...
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ICAO aircraft type designators ICAO code [3] IATA type code Model A124: A4F: Antonov An-124 Ruslan: A140: A40: Antonov An-140: A148: A81: Antonov An-148: A158: A58: Antonov An-158
Antonov An-124 "Ruslan" 56: 1986: Condor: Antonov An-225 "Mriya" 1: 1989–2022: Cossack: Operated commercially from 2001-2022. The An-225 was destroyed in the Battle of Antonov Airport during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ilyushin Il-12: 663: 1945–? Coach: Most for Aeroflot, some to military. Ilyushin Il-14: 1,000+ 1953–? Crate ...
The joint operation of the Ukrainian and Russian fleets allows them to share the combined An-124-100 commercial fleet of seventeen aircraft (twelve of which belong to Antonov Airlines). [2] In 2017 Antonov Airlines opened a United Kingdom office at London Stansted Airport, with a first flight in February by an Antonov An-124 Ruslan. [3]