The largest plane in the world was destroyed in a Russian attack near Kiev – Russia

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The information was announced by two informed sources in the Antonov enterprise and confirmed by the mayor of Bucha.

“There is information that as a result of an air attack by Russian troops at Gostomel airport near Kiev, one of the largest and most powerful aircraft in the world, a Ukrainian-made AN-225 Mriya, was burned,” the report said.

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The ministry stressed that the information is still being verified.

Antonov An-225 Mriya is the largest heavy aircraft and the largest aircraft ever built in the world.

Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Мрія – Мечта) is a class 1 transport aircraft manufactured in the Ukrainian SSR in the late 1980s by the Antonov Aviation Science and Technology Complex and is currently the largest aircraft. in the world. The maximum payload of the Mriya is 275 t, making it the heaviest aircraft ever built. The six turbojet engines create a total thrust of 1377 kN, making it the most powerful aircraft on Earth.

For comparison: the maximum load of the An-124 “Ruslan” is 150 t and 152.4 t for the Airbus A380, version A380F

The conventional name of the An-225 in NATO is “Cossack”.

Mriya was designed and constructed to transport the Soviet shuttle Buran, but was later abandoned due to lack of funds at the international airport in Gostomel.

After years of stay on the ground, the aircraft was completely reconstructed and in 2001 made its second “first” flight. After that date, it was used by the Ukrainian company Antonov Airlines mainly to fulfill orders for the transportation of oversized and heavy cargo.

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