
Narrative:
The hangar, housing the sole Antonov An-225, the world’s largest cargo aircraft, was hit at Gostomel Airport during the Russian attack on Ukraine. A video from the scene shows a fire had gutted the forward part of the aircraft.
| Status: | Little or no information is available |
| Date: | Sunday 27 February 2022 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-225 |
| Operator: | Antonov Airlines |
| Registration: | UR-82060 |
| MSN: | 19530503763 |
| First flight: | 1988-12-21 (33 years 3 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kyiv-Gostomel Airport (GML) ( Ukraine)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The hangar, housing the sole Antonov An-225, the world’s largest cargo aircraft, was hit at Gostomel Airport during the Russian attack on Ukraine. A video from the scene shows a fire had gutted the forward part of the aircraft.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Photos
Video, social media
Russian TV has aired images of the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, destroyed in its hangar on the first day of the invasion. pic.twitter.com/MIxLtaRYm6
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) March 4, 2022
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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