The world’s biggest aircraft, the Antonov An-255 from Ukraine landed at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport early morning on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 to deliver a 140 ton power generator to the Philippines.
Kinsa to gusto mo tan.aw ani, this a rare opportunity nga mo tugpa dire sa ato.a, as of now 11/12/2013 9:27pm naa pa ang airplane, then mo depart nani sya ugma.
According to a report published by the Inquirer, First Gen confirmed that the aircraft has been hired for the delivery, but did not elaborate further on the details.
In a separate report by Demotix.com, the Antonov An-225 landed earlier at the Pleso airport in Zagreb, Croatia and ship a Končar power generator to a power plant in the Philippines.
The report stated that due to thunder strike in the Philippine power plant San Lorenzo, lost one of the two generators that were made by renewed electric company Končar. The company made a new 310 MVA generator but the problem is, it weighs 140 tons and shipping by seas would take another 45 days. The Philippine power plant decided to hire Antonov An-255 for transport of the power generator to the Philippines.
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Antonov AN-225: Biggest plane in the world lands in Zagreb | Demotix.com