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World's only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
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You’re this close to saying the whole thing is Ukraine’s fault, right?
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There's a claim being made without sources, of course there's going to be some skepticism.
Instead of going "this is LITERALLY 1984", why not provide a source yourself to back it up? You're being defensive and going ad hominem, claiming oppression and censorship instead of supporting a claim which should take ten seconds of googling.
I did that, can't find a source. If you can find evidence that the Ukranians destroyed it themselves and it's being censored, then come back to this comment section. Until then, probably better for everyone's sanity to accept the limited information as true for now.
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#23It feels strange that amongst all the destruction and loss of life that I should feel upset that this big plane got destroyed but here we are.
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Badly. Even more so because it's little brothers ( still enormous, second biggest cargo aircraft), the An-124s, and everything else by Antonov, will have to be grounded due to lack of spares.
There are still the Boeing Dreamlifter and the Airbus Beluga.
The AN-225 was in a category of its own. In fact, the Dreamlifter was modified to fit components for the 787, but it actually has a lower max takeoff weight (803k lbs) than the original 747 it came from (875k lbs).
Meanwhile, the Beluga XL only has a max takeoff weight of 500k lbs.
The AN-225 had a max takeoff weight of 1.4m lbs.
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> I despise the Ukrainian government
Ridiculous, victim-blaming statement
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#27It's not clear whether it truly was destroyed by Russian airstrikes. The plane was based on the Gostomel airport, which got captured by the Russian airborn forces in the early days of the invasion. The news of destruction begun after the Ukrainian forces tried to retake the airport.
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Badly. Even more so because it's little brothers ( still enormous, second biggest cargo aircraft), the An-124s, and everything else by Antonov, will have to be grounded due to lack of spares.
There are still the Boeing Dreamlifter and the Airbus Beluga.
The Belugas and Beluga XLs are only used internally by Airbus. The biggest cargo aircraft Airbus sell are the A330 and A340 cargo versions.
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Badly. Even more so because it's little brothers ( still enormous, second biggest cargo aircraft), the An-124s, and everything else by Antonov, will have to be grounded due to lack of spares.
There are still the Boeing Dreamlifter and the Airbus Beluga.
This is true, but according to the Flexport CEO [1][2], the An-225 and An-124 were vital parts of the global air freight network/system. And only 5 of them were outside Ukraine when the invasion started.
[1] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1498406751749611521 [2] https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1497656877731094528
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