Narrative:
A hangar at Kyiv-Gostomel Airport, Ukraine, was hit during the Russian attack on Ukraine. A video from the scene shows the aircraft was undergoing maintenance at the time. There was shrapnel damage to the right-hand rear fuselage and vertical stabilizer and a projectile had hit and penetrated the rear fuselage.
| Status: | Little or no information is available |
| Date: | Sunday 27 February 2022 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-124-100 |
| Operator: | Antonov Airlines |
| Registration: | UR-82009 |
| MSN: | 19530501008 |
| First flight: | 1987 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kyiv-Gostomel Airport (GML) ( Ukraine)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A hangar at Kyiv-Gostomel Airport, Ukraine, was hit during the Russian attack on Ukraine. A video from the scene shows the aircraft was undergoing maintenance at the time. There was shrapnel damage to the right-hand rear fuselage and vertical stabilizer and a projectile had hit and penetrated the rear fuselage.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Video on archive.orgPhotos
Video, social media
Russian TV has aired images of the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya, the worlds largest aircraft, destroyed in its hangar on the first day of the invasion. pic.twitter.com/MIxLtaRYm6
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) March 4, 2022
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