(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The world's largest aircraft Antonov An-225 Mriya, touches down at Dubai Airport.
The world's largest plane landed at Dubai World Central yesterday. Behold the mighty #Antonov225 Mriya! #avgeek pic.twitter.com/w0D3o3o2Rh - Dubai Airports (DubaiAirports) May 18, 2016 The Ukrainian cargo jet named 'Mriya' is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built. The wide body aircraft is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. PHOTO: Scale map showing relative sizes of the Antonov 225. (Wikicommons: Clem Tillier) The six-engine aircraft, built to transport the Soviet space shuttle the Buran, is now used for cargo no other plane can handle and on this flight to Perth it carried a large generator purchased by a Western Australian resources company. WATCH: World's largest plane Antonov 225 touches down in Perth The aircraft made stops in Australia, Turkey and Malaysia before touching down in Dubai. WATCH: Antonov 225 cockpit takeoff inside world's largest plane!