Mriya holds multiple records including heaviest aircraft ever built and airlifted single-item payload
Antonov Airlines confirms Big Bird Mriya damaged
Ukraine-based Antonov Airlines confirmed that as a result of attack and capture of Ukrainian civil Kyiv-Antonov airport (Gostomel, GML) by Russian troops, the largest aircraft in the world AN-225 MRIYA was damaged and burned down.
"The aircraft was at the home base in Ukraine for maintenance.The loss of this unique aircraft, which was the real piece of technical art, is a great loss not only for Antonov Company and Ukraine, but for the entire aviation world…"
Earlier, Antonov, which owns and flies the unique 250-tonne payload AN-225 Mriya (meaning dream or inspiration) had said that "until the AN-225 has been inspected by experts, we cannot report on the technical condition of the aircraft."
