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Antonov Airlines An-225 Mriya cuts a path through fog while landing in Poland [video]

Out of the blue! World’s largest cargo plane Antonov Airlines An-225 Mriya cuts a clear path through fog while landing in Poland

  • Footage from January 9 shows the Antonov Airlines An-225 plane landing
  • Cuts a path through thick fog to come to a stop as aviation enthusiasts watch on 
  • Huge cargo plane is heard in distance but not seen until very close to landing 
  • Was designed to transport rockets for Soviet space programme in 1980s










This is the amazing moment the world’s largest Cargo Plane cut a clear path through fog while landing. 

Footage from January 9 at Rzeszow Airport in Poland shows the Soviet-designed Antonov Airlines An-225 Mriya cargo Plane.

It emerges above and then sweeps through the fog to come into landing as hundreds of aviation enthusiasts watch on, delighted. 

Footage from January 9 at Rzeszow Airport in Poland shows the Soviet-designed Antonov Airlines An-225 Mriya cargo plane

In the footage, the aircraft can be heard approaching in the distance but is not seen until it gets very close to the runway.

It cuts through the fog and sweeps through a path of blue sky as it comes into landing, creating a ‘runway’ in the air.

The foggy conditions caused some minor damage to the aircraft’s landing gear, it was reported later by the Antonov company on January 10.

The plane cuts through the fog and sweeps through a path of blue sky as it comes into landing

The landing gear deployment sensor bolts were ‘cut’ on the right landing gear strut.  

A later tweet on 11 January confirmed that the issue was fixed and the plane was back in the air. 

The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger jet but the An-225 has a huge wingspan of nearly 290 feet wide and six engines and 32 wheels.

The A380 has a wingspan of 260 feet. The An-225 is the heaviest aircraft ever built.

The foggy conditions caused some minor damage to the aircraft’s landing gear, it was reported later by the Antonov company on January 10

The An-225 was built and designed in the 1980s to transport rockets for the Soviet space programme, according to the Independent. 

It has operated as a cargo plane since 2001 and as it is of large scale its landings and take-offs are popular with aviation enthusiasts.

Footage and photos of the plane are often shared on aviation blogs.    

The An-225 is the heaviest aircraft ever built (file image of an An-225 landing in China in 2020)

 

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