Lumbering An-124 Condor Cargo Jet Appears In Kyiv’s Highly-Restricted Airspace
A big look Antonov AN-124 RUSLAN (NATO Reporting Name Condor) Cargo Jet According to Kiev on Friday, Joy of the Ukrainians, mocking the Russians and created a mystery about why he flew and why he came from. The airspace on the Capital of Ukraine, since the beginning of the All-out invasion of Russia, which began on February 24, 2022, has overcome a source of pride to fly over the capital, which has overcome the capitals, at least a surprise. So what was Condor Kyiv doing it? The answer is now uncertain, but we have some strong indicators of where it comes from and why.
You can see the jet in the videos and the photos below.
I heard this plane flying early today, but I didn’t. It creates quite excitement in a clear way; Since the end of February 2022, we have not seen such big planes in the city. https://t.co/jbblkqti9h
One of the largest aircraft in the world has been providing Charter Cargo services for A-124 Condors, Western militars, companies and NGOs for decades. This includes Ukraine’s own Antonov Airlines The older brother of AN-124, Mighty and now destroyed the AN-225. The AN-124s are contacted by the USA and NATO to deliver the war material of Ukraine to the air base in Poland. However, this flight seems to have emerged in Ukraine, and Leipzig ended in Germany. The place he goes is a matter of discussion.
With the UR-82073 tail number, the aircraft was recorded in the above-mentioned Antonov airlines.
It is probably possible that the plane has been trapped in Ukraine since 2022 and will leave the Svyatoshino Airport in Kiev. This is the center of Antonov Serial Production Facility, which escaped without great damage in the early days of the nearby war. Hostomel airport was destroyedAn-225 and with other planes there, in one of the first battles of this conflict.
X User @thetetilfrog, on the social media platform ““ Apparently for more than 4 years, an Antonov An-124 from the neighborhood for more than 4 years, Ur-82073, Liepzig from Ukraine to Germany.
Apparently an Anotonov AN-124, UR-82073, Ukraine has been trapped for more than 4 years and fled to Liepzig, Germany.
“AN-124-100 REG-82073 is released from Svyatoshino, where he has been standing since the beginning of the entire scale war,” he said.
Satellite images obtained by War area It seems to support this claim. The image, which was taken by Planet Labs on July 2, shows that the apron is relatively two relatively an-124. Especially one seems to be active, the plane moves on the runway on July 5th.
We checked the latest satellite images of other airports in Kiev, and there were no An-124s in the aircraft cemeteries at the Hostomel Airport, where the war dialed. There was another An-124 in the Big hangar in Hostomel, but at least after falling into the airport in 2022, it was far from being able to fly, as photographed. We may have been damaged beyond repair in this fight, we just don’t know. Also, Kiev is wearing a different record from the flying plane.
Regardless of the An-124, Antonov’s Leipzig will go to its facility in Germany and move most of its operations after 2022 invasion.
An Antonov An-124 Condor is flying. (Antonov)
In addition to mystery, others claim that the flight was caused by Dnipro, the city of Ukraine. A plane appearing in flight tracking data via an invalid Transponder code had suggestions that appeared as a drone with PTNPNH2. The hypothesis in which the aircraft transmits a wrong transponder code to mimic a drone seems to be quite controversial, especially since it is a similar flight, which is a similar flight, especially in the flight monitoring areas.
Again Astra The news output and a few effective Russian telegraph channels support the proposal that the flight originated from DNIPRO.
“The plane separated from Dnipro, [flight tracking] Service as ‘drone’, ” Astra Was noted in the telegram. “There is no information about the route of any aircraft on Ukraine in Flightradar24 in the sky.”
Russian Telegram channels claimed that Ukraine was trying to move in front of an expected attack on the Dnipro region of Ukraine.
“Ukrainian AN-124 Ruslan was seen in the sky where Kiev departed from DnePropetrovsk Airport,” Russian soldier claimed the telegram. “The owner, Antonov company, the aircraft is possible to ferry to the Western Ukraine or even to Europe where the plane will not be destroyed. This is against the beginning of the fight in the Dnepropetrovsk region and the first air strokes in the city targets.”
Nevertheless, this would not explain why the AN-124 was flying low on the kivi with the gear transition.
Regardless of the flight data from Flightradar24 shows the AN-124 flying on the Western Ukraine near the Polish border at 14:17 local time, but there is no establishment point. The jet is likely to close the transponder until almost out of the Ukrainian airspace to prevent its detection. Jet later flew over Poland and landed in the German city Leipzig.
At least if he climbed to higher altitude, any aircraft that the Russians would sign enough to easily detect (Especially if A-50 is not absent). An-124 is a debate bone for the popular FighterBombber Telegram channel, where the Ukraine is lifted and can fly through the Ukrainian airspace.
“Of course it’s a sad event. First of all, for our intelligence” Specified figurobberIt is closely attached to Russian military aviation. “What is sad here was not the arrival of the An-124, but it was able to leave it intact and without any damage. Of course, at night, when our agents were asleep.”
“There are only a few airports in Ukraine who can buy and send a plane in Ukraine,” Fighterbombber continued. “To organize surveillance on it is a sacred duty of any country’s intelligence service. Moreover, there is more than an hour. And we have plenty of vehicles to hit any airport.”
It is not clear that the popular telegram channel is referred to, but the runway in the Antonov factory is only 6,000 meters long. AN-124s can fly from shorter areas when lightly loaded with cargo and gas.
Although Russia has vehicles, the ossified killing chain makes it difficult to hit a dynamic target, even as big as an An-124, even in the timber. The lack of intelligence and/or air defenses of Kiev probably meant that it was probably not destroyed in places before leaving. Hitting in the air will be a challenge that requires a long -range missile shoot from air or ground.
Russia is not capable of achieving moving targets such as cold cruise or ballistic missiles or moving targets, such as weapons convoys. This will not need only action intelligence to intervene or destroy these posts, but also…
The reproduction of AN-124 for cargo rental operations will be a big win for Antonov Airlines and Ukraine. These operations are a major source of income and try to directly support the war operation. We reached Antonov to learn more about this mysterious flight. We will update this story with the relevant details provided.
Although an-124 is seen on Kiev for the first time, for the first time since the start of the full invasion, large cargo jets are not in Ukraine airspace. In December 2022, two Turkish Air Force A400M aircraft, which has been stranded at the Kiev-Boryspil International Airport since the beginning of the war, were allowed to finally leave ” . Aerotim Aviation website was noted. “The plane, which was initially sent to a human mission, was grounded for 10 months before returning to Türkiye successfully after diplomatic negotiations.” In addition, it should be noted that the runways around the airports around Kiev and long, flat taxi roads have prevented them since they have begun as a counter precaution to ensure that the invasion of invasion is full of commandos and materials.
Meanwhile, seeing a non -threatening plane hill, regardless of where it came from or why, took a clean breath for some Kiev residents.
“I never thought that an ordinary plane in the sky could cause so many emotions.
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” Trukha Telegram reported the news output. “And seriously-it is a cargo an-124, not a passenger.”
