World's largest plane to land in Islamabad with relief goods

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:50 pm

I got following info from my friend Alexandre Avrane (Aero Transport Data Bank)

World's largest cargo aircraft Antonov An-225 'Mriya' is expected to land at Islamabad Airport with relief supplies on October 17, 2005 (0530 hours).

Following is the just released eastward flight plan of the Antonov An-225 from Houston:

14OCT05 ADB718F 1430 IAH YTR 1800
15OCT05 ADB7718 2000 YTR YQX 2310
16OCT05 ADB7718 0130 YQX MSQ 0950
16OCT05 ADB7718 2300 MSQ ISB 0530/17

Here's photo of an Antonov An-225 'Mriya':

Copyright Airliners.net

Link to large photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/396891/M/

Che · Post by **Che** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:58 pm

Spotters' delight......Not to be insensitive to the plight of folks in and around Islamabad.....a rare opportunity....

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:05 pm

Good news, though were is it coming from ( MSQ ) ??

CoyBoy · Post by **CoyBoy** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:12 pm

YTR is Trenton(Ontario, Canada) YQX is Gander(New Foundland, Canada) and MSQ is Minsk(Belarus) and ofcourse Houston is IAH.

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:13 pm

Wow...Has Islamabad airport sufficient runway length for this aircraft to land? I guess it will require larger runway....
Off the topic, Today (13-OCT-2005) at 1530 hrs I saw Saudi Arabian MD-11(cargo plane) landing at Islamabad Airport bringing some tents and other materials for earth quake victims.

raza · Post by **raza** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:24 pm

The sight of this big bird is quite "HORRIFYING".It is like a flying giant monster

AN · Post by AN » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:51 pm

wow
wish i was in ISB
ANYONE THERe
get ure camera
and get out there.

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:57 pm

Adnan i guess the runway is pretty big cuz ive seen an American Air Force C5 there as well. I also got to have a cockpit visit of it. Looks like a flying ATC or sumthin. This is abot 12 years ago

hasan saleem · Post by **hasan saleem** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:23 pm

islamabad has being seeing aweful lot of traffic !

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:37 pm

In flight number ADB7718, ADB stands for 'Antonov Design Bureau'.

Here's a recent photo of Antonov An-225 Mriya taken at Houston Intercontinental Airport, USA, on October 11, 2005.

Copyright Andrew Compolo

Link to large photo: http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=400220

CoyBoy · Post by **CoyBoy** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:23 pm

Latest is that CAA have diverted the aircraft to KHI, any one know why?

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:55 am

Maybe the weight of that thing loaded with cargo is too much for ISB airport runway to handle.

I remember a time when after a brief rain spell my flight to KHI (PK309) which was a 742 (BCM) could not takeoff for a good half hour as the runway was not able to withstand the weight of such an a/c when wet, as was told to us by the captain, and we left after about 45 mins.

AN · Post by AN » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:54 pm

Abbas can you somehow confirm where this plane is coming
I would assume due to its size, and the intense operations ongoing in ISB they would nto have space to park it there and would send it to KHI. If so I would love to go take pictures of it. Please let me know if you find out anything.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:28 pm

Aroosh,

The An-225 is currently airborne between Houston and Ontario (info source: Alexandre Avrane - AeroTransport Data Bank). According to latest reports it will land in Karachi because enough parking space was not available for it at Islamabad Airport which is already hosting large number of relief aircrafts and copters. The aircraft will arrive at Karachi from Minsk. We need to find its departure time from Minsk and arrival time at Karachi. I'll post further info on forum as soon as I get it.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:09 am

Following info I got from Alexandre Avrane - ATDB

ADB7718 A225 Dep CYTR to CYQX at 10:02 AM EDT

Latest info says it might go to ISB.