Largest cargo plane lands 1st time in India
The world's largest cargo plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, landed for the first time in India on Friday. The plane, which has a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes, arrived from Turkmenistan and landed at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The aircraft is powered by six turbofan engines and was built to take transcontinental route airlifting load between 180-230 tonnes.