The biggest plane in the world was destroyed by Russian troops in the second air attack on the Hostomel airport. The plane was destroyed in the attack.
Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, has confirmed on his account.
This was the world’s largest aircraft, AN-225 ‘Mriya’ (‘Dream’ in Ukrainian). Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’. But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state. We shall prevail! pic.twitter.com/TdnBFlj3N8
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 27, 2022
The biggest plane in the world "Mriya" (The Dream) was destroyed by Russian occupants on an airfield near Kyiv. We will 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 technical conditions of the aircraft were not confirmed by the company.
The An-225 Mriya was built to transport the Soviet space shuttle.
The largest aircraft ever built, and theaviest aircraft ever built, were among the records the An-225 Mriya held.
The An-225 had records relating to cargo in terms of weight and length, as the An-225 had the ability to carry up to 700 short tons. The An-225 attracted a high degree of public interest, so much so that it had managed to attain a global following.
In the video below, we pay tribute to An-225 Mriya.
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The world record for an airlifted single-item payload is 189,980.
The An-225 flew at an altitude of up to 10,750 feet.
The An-225 was loaded with the heaviest cargo item ever sent by air freight. A generator for a gas power plant in Armenia is at 16.23 feet long and 4.27 feet wide.
The world's longest piece of air cargo was carried on 11 June 2010 by the An-225.
The airspace of Ukraine was closed due to a high risk to safety and the airspace of Russia and Belarus was warned of military actions. Multiple airports and bases were attacked by Russian. This article is not finished. The airspace is closed.
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