The Russians destroyed the world’s largest aircraft in Ukraine. He was also in Prague several times
/ PHOTO GALLERY / The world’s largest cargo plane Antonov-225 Mrija fell in the fighting for Ukraine. The Russian army destroyed him during the attack on Hostomel near Kiev. In 2016, the legendary plane also landed in Prague. And not for the first time.
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The world’s largest cargo aircraft Antonov An-225 Mrija at Václav Havel Airport.
| Photo: ČTK / ABACA
At that time, the aircraft transported a roughly 120-ton turbogenerator to Perth, West Australia, which was manufactured by the Pilsen-based engineering plant Brush Sem. A total of 84 meters long Antonov with a wingspan of over 88 meters had to refuel on the way to Australia, because the loaded will fly a maximum of 4,000 kilometers.
The largest plane in the world “Mriya” (The Dream) was destroyed by Russian occupiers at the airport near Kiev. We’ll rebuild the plane. We will fulfill our dream of a strong, free and democratic Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/Gy6DN8E1VR
– Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 27, 2022
The Antonov-225 Mrija is the longest and heaviest aircraft ever built. The maximum take-off weight can reach up to 640 tons. It was designed to transport a Soviet space shuttle and parts of a launch vehicle, only one machine was produced.
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The plane first arrived in Prague in 1989, when it returned with the Buran space shuttle attached to the fuselage from an air show in Paris. He then appeared in the Czech capital in 2006, transporting turbines from Berlin to China.
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