The Antonov An-225 Mriya was a technological marvel of a super heavy jet cargo aircraft. It was also an astounding feat of engineering that transcended the bounds of its home nation. The apparent ...

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian officials said the world’s largest plane that was in regular operation has been "destroyed" in fighting with Russian troops, but pledged to rebuild the aircraft. The ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or "Dream," the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old ...

In the six months or so it has been raging, the war in Ukraine has forever changed our world, and its effects will probably be felt for years to come. The human and economic costs are immense, but the ...

The tarmac at MSP had a new addition Monday evening, which dwarfed an Airbus A330 passing by. The Antonov 225, the world's largest airplane, has six turbofan engines and a maximum takeoff weight of ...

The aircraft is an Antonov An-225, conceived by Soviet engineers in the dying days of the Cold War as a gigantic, gravity-defying workhorse that would help communism’s ongoing race into space and ...

The world's largest plane has been destroyed in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, officials from the latter have confirmed. The revelation of the destruction of Antonov AN-225, a plane that ...