On Monday, a Bundeswehr aircraft will land in Leipzig with a huge load on board.
Leipzig – Urgent protective material is expected at Leipzig Airport on Monday: Around 10 a.m., the Antonow 225 mega aircraft is scheduled to land on behalf of the German Armed Forces. On board the world’s largest and heaviest cargo plane: more than ten million Protective masks.
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The Antonow 225 is expected in Leipzig on Monday, loaded with protective equipment. © picture alliance / dpa
The plane – the only one of its type – comes from Tianjin in China.
The precious cargo is received by Federal Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (57, CDU).
The transport is part of the Bundeswehr’s administrative assistance in the Corona crisis, the Bundeswehr said.
A total of three transport flights will ultimately bring around 25 million protective masks to Germany.
The jet had recently flown protective gear to France and Poland.
According to its own statements, the Bundeswehr as a NATO nation has access to the transport aircraft through the SALIS Treaty.
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The Antonows are also used to fly large Bundeswehr equipment, for example, to Afghanistan.
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