The extent of the destruction suffered by the world's largest and heaviest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, is revealed by images from the airport of Khostomel in Ukraine.
The plane was destroyed amid fighting between the invading forces of the Russian army and Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of the airport, near Kiev.
Its destruction was confirmed by Ukrainian authorities in late February, a few days after the Russian invasion began.
The giant plane was specifically designed to carry the Soviet Buran space shuttle on its "backbone". It made its maiden flight in 1988 and entered service in 1989.
The beastly plane, with a wingspan of 84 meters, was one of the largest aircraft in history, capable of carrying a 390-ton payload. Only one was built.
Source: in.gr
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