Half Of The World’s Heaviest Commercial Freighters Grounded

Maxim Pyadushkin November 27, 2020
An-124
Volga-Dnepr had eight An-124s in operation before the incident.
Credit: Joe Pries
MOSCOW—Russia’s cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr has grounded its entire fleet of Antonov An-124 super heavy freighters, an airline representative confirmed Nov. 27. The decision was taken after one of the aircraft experienced an uncontained engine failure in Novosibirsk, West Siberia, on Nov. 13. After a...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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