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World’s Biggest Cargo Plane To Ship Chinese PPE to Quebec - Mirabel Airport
The cargo specialists arranging a massive shipment of personal protective equipment from China for the Quebec government have turned to the world's biggest aircraft to carry the load. The Soviet-era Antonov AN-225 is scheduled to carry what will be the largest single delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Canada later this week to Montreal's Mirabel Airport. The most recent flight plan calls for the huge aircraft to land on Thursday night. (www.fliegerfaust.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The same airplane (An-225) has landed in Mirabel this morning at 7h30 EDT. It carries PPE from China where the flight originated. Then it stopped in Japan then on to Anchorage AK before arriving at YMX. Normally that shipment is sent by ship but it was urgent. Fantastic to see that airplane twice in less than a month.
Here’s a video of the departure from Mirabel:
https://youtu.be/1LdooTc3KyY
https://youtu.be/1LdooTc3KyY
Landing, taxi, partial offload, lighting up the stink bombs early in the am, taxi and departure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbtUHEYJ3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbtUHEYJ3M
The people last night that went to the airport to watch the AN-225 were lucky because the airplane was ahead of his schedule by 25 minutes. So the landing took place just before dark. Even if Mirabel is mostly a cargo airport they were hundreds of people who came to see that big bird.
They took off this morning for ANC, but due to ANC being closed and diverting flights, landed in Fairbanks. ANC closed due to a bomb threat diverted cargo flight bound for Asia.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB381F/history/20200502/0900Z/CYMX/PAFA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB381F/history/20200502/0900Z/CYMX/PAFA
Here a video (in French) of the arrival at Mirabel:
https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202005/02/01-5271829-operation-reussie-pour-le-plus-gros-avion-du-monde.php
https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202005/02/01-5271829-operation-reussie-pour-le-plus-gros-avion-du-monde.php