{"id":20977,"date":"2022-05-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20977"},"modified":"2023-08-18T00:34:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:04:18","slug":"ukraine-begins-removing-the-destroyed-antonov-225-from-hostomel-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/ukraine-begins-removing-the-destroyed-antonov-225-from-hostomel-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Begins Removing The Destroyed Antonov 225 From Hostomel Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Footage has surfaced of the <strong>wrecked Antonov An-225 being dismantled <\/strong>and transferred from Kyiv&#8217;s Hostomel Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When the invasion began in late February, the large aircraft named Mriya was seriously damaged in the so-called<strong> Battle of Antonov Airport<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240482704.jpg\" alt=\"Footage has surfaced of the wrecked Antonov An-225 being dismantled and transferred from Kyiv's Hostomel Airport. \" class=\"wp-image-20978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240482704.jpg 480w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240482704-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image courtesy &#8211; simpleflying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There were hopes that Mriya could be <em>rebuilt after the attack, but subsequent photographs and videos <\/em>of the aircraft revealed that the damage was <strong>likely too severe. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The level of the damage revealed in this new Twitter video looks to put an end to any remaining possibility of Mriya being rebuilt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Footage of the remains of an Antonov An-225 Mriya plane, destroyed during the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, being dismantled and presumably later taken away from the Hostomel Airport in the Kyiv Oblast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UldSJHN9AI\">pic.twitter.com\/UldSJHN9AI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Status-6 (Military &amp; Conflict News) (@Archer83Able) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Archer83Able\/status\/1529927679373459470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rebuilding-the-second-antonov-225\">Rebuilding the second Antonov 225 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky <\/strong>has indicated interest in completing the construction of the second An-225, but with an <strong>estimated cost of $800 million, <\/strong>it remains to be seen how realistic this aim is, and whether it will remain nothing more than a symbolic endeavour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-531493070.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-531493070.jpg 960w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-531493070-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-531493070-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-531493070-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-531493070-750x420.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">image credits to simpleflying <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>$800 million price estimate is still less than the<\/strong> <strong>$3 billion<\/strong> originally quoted by Ukroboronprom, a Ukrainian defence company, for the rebuilding of Mriya when it was <strong>deemed to be feasible<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Updated with Aviationa2z! 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