Antonov An-124 Ruslan, one of the largest and heaviest cargo aircraft, lands at RGIA

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), connected Friday, hosted the Antonov An-124 Ruslan, 1 of the largest and heaviest cargo craft successful the world.

The An-124, regarded arsenic the world’s 2nd heaviest gross value accumulation cargo airplane aft the destroyed one-off Antonov An-225 Mriya, remains the largest subject transport craft presently successful service. With its 4 almighty turbofan engines and long-range capacity, the Antonov An-124 is designed to transport oversized and dense cargo, including subject instrumentality and humanitarian supplies.

According to airdrome officials, the craft arrived from Abu Dhabi International Airport and remained parked astatine RGIA for a fewer hours earlier departing for Dubai. “Since it is simply a cargo airplane, the craft was present to prime up immoderate cargo,” a typical from the airdrome said.

In a statement, the airdrome absorption expressed pridefulness successful handling the monolithic aircraft. “We are arrogant to person hosted the Antonov An-124 Ruslan connected our runway. This is simply a testament to our state-of-the-art facilities and cargo capabilities, which tin accommodate specified a entity giant. It reaffirms RGIA’s committedness to supporting the world’s astir demanding transport needs,” the connection read.

The world’s largest cargo aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was destroyed during the Russia-Ukraine war, had besides made its archetypal landing successful India astatine the Hyderabad airdrome successful May 2016.