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Post by dereks on Feb 27, 2022 16:55:33 GMT 1
BBC news site reporting Ukranian Foreign minister announcing AN225 Mriya has been destroyed in the Russian advance
Dereks
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Post by jetdragon on Feb 27, 2022 22:56:09 GMT 1
Conflicting reports on this one initially. Other sites were saying the aircraft is currently undamaged - though emerging photo evidence would suggest that it is probably gone. Russian forces destroy An-225 |
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Post by Beemer on Mar 2, 2022 17:35:15 GMT 1
Probably the last time I saw it on the ground, at MAN 25-06-2013. Seen OTT Runcorn heading for EMA 29-10-2021. 
UR-82060 AN-225 by Beemer328i, on Flickr |
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Post by ian531 on Mar 2, 2022 18:44:27 GMT 1
I was reading about this yesterday and I don’t think it’s definite - some say it’s just the hangar
There was also discussions on the An-22, some say it’s okay others say it’s damaged
I think we will have to wait for a definite answer
Ian
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Post by robaero on Mar 3, 2022 12:20:53 GMT 1
Lots of fake news being spread around, I'm sure once the war has come to an end we will hear the truth.
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Post by oldspotter on Mar 3, 2022 13:52:35 GMT 1
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Post by stemai on Mar 3, 2022 13:58:07 GMT 1
I have seen a video of the destruction of the hangar and you can clearly see the an225 on fire and its nose on the floor but the wings are still attached. Here's a screen shot from the video showing its nose on the floor (the white and yellow circle)  |
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Post by ian531 on Mar 3, 2022 20:59:29 GMT 1
Hopefully it can be repaired
Ian
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Post by jetdragon on Mar 3, 2022 22:43:48 GMT 1
Looks like a total loss from that picture - structural damage from the destruction of the front fuselage plus fire damage  She's sitting on her backside due to the CoG shift too - the engines are pointing North |
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Post by spitfire250 on Mar 4, 2022 1:20:38 GMT 1
In brighter news, satellite images taken at around the same time show the AN-22 as being intact at the bottom centre of the images, although obviously lighter damage cannot be ruled out. Hostomel airport is still contested, and with the ramping up of Russian air attacks as the Ukrainian air defences are degraded it is very possible that the picture could change.
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Post by gonetech on Mar 4, 2022 8:34:42 GMT 1
Grim new photos surfacing this morning.
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Post by stemai on Mar 4, 2022 9:31:30 GMT 1
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Post by ian531 on Mar 4, 2022 10:19:36 GMT 1
Yeah, no coming back from that
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 10:44:47 GMT 1
That is a very sad sight indeed. I saw it do what was an amazingly spirited display at Zhukovsky in 1992. Even our test pilots were impressed! Maybe they can build up the second aircraft, once this nonsense is over. There will be no shortage of help, I am sure.
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