Antonov Airlines
Antonov Airlines is a Ukrainian cargo airline that specialises in the worldwide transport of oversized and heavy outsize loads by air. It is the commercial operator of the Antonov An-124 Ruslan and, before its loss, the An-225 Mriya, built by the Antonov aerospace company. The airline is headquartered in Kyiv and is a subsidiary of Antonov, itself part of Ukraine's state defence conglomerate Ukroboronprom. Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the airline relocated part of its fleet abroad.
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Flames seen near Antonov cargo plane during landing at Japanese airport
Flames or a flash were seen near an Antonov An-124-100 cargo aircraft as it landed at Chubu Centrair airport near Nagoya, Japan, on the evening of October 22. The runway was closed for 15 minutes, but an inspection found no signs of fire and the aircraft taxied to a stand under its own power. No injuries were reported and the cause of the flames remains under investigation.