World's biggest plane at East Midlands Airport
The world's biggest plane the Antanov 225, will take off from East Midlands Airport today.
World's biggest plane to take off from East Midlands
The world's biggest plane is due to take off from East Midlands Airport at 10am today.
The Antonov-225 is a Ukrainian-built plane powered by six engines and is the longest and heaviest plane ever built with a maximum take-off weight of 640 tonnes.
It landed yesterday evening at the airport.
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