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The 84-meter-long aircraft is the world’s largest cargo aircraft weighing 285 tons with an 88-meter wingspan.
Demirören news agency reported that the world's largest cargo plane was carrying polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
The jet certainly had a busy week, as it visited several destinations after flying from its home base in Kyiv, Ukraine at the beginning of October.
It flew to Almaty, Kazahkstan, and from there to Tianjin, China.
On October 1, #AN225 started new series of commercial flights.
— ANTONOV Company 🇺🇦 (@AntonovCompany) October 1, 2021
Currently, the flight of the aircraft during the period from October 1 to 5 is planned with landing at the following airports: Almaty, #Kazakhstan; Tiandjin, #China; Istanbul, #Turkey; Linz, #Austria. pic.twitter.com/Z4uVcy6vC3
Upon departure from China, it continued to Istanbul, where it stayed for about two hours for fueling.
From Istanbul, it departed for Linz, Austria and later returned to its home base Kyiv.