AN 225 loads in Leipzig

16 Nov 2016 10:09 AM | Anonymous

Original news was published on 15 November, 2016

The huge Antonov 225 aircraft has landed at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport to load 160 tonnes of freight for delivery to Chile'

Mitteldeutsche Flughafen subsidiary PortGround helped load the cargo on board the freighter, which made its way to Chile with a stop en route in Iceland.

It was the aircraft's 21st visit to the central German hub. According to Leipzig/Halle Airport, the freighter has called at no other European airport more frequently, apart from the AN-225's home base at Kiev Gostomel.

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