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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
William Dunne

Amazing footage as world's largest plane performs 'wing wave' after taking-off from Shannon Airport

This footage shows the world's largest plane sway gently in the air shortly after taking off from Shannon Airport.

The six-engine Antonov An-225 Mriya to spent two nights in Ireland after delivering nearly 900,000 medical gowns for the HSE.

The six-storey tall plane took-off from the mid-west airport at 9.30am on Friday.

And this breathtaking video taken by a member of the public shows the mammoth plane as it flies directly overhead on its way back to Kyiv, Ukraine.

Pilots appear to perform a "wing wave" manoeuvre, which is a gentle dip of the plane from one side to another.

Twitter user @Darragh31235635, who took the video, simply said: "Wow!"

It brought the stock of personal protective equipment to Shannon on Wednesday, as it is the only airport in Ireland with a runway long enough to accommodate the the An-225.

Its name 'Mriya' means 'Dream' and the plane was designed and built by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Ukraine.

It first flew on December 21, 1988.

The giant plane was built to carry the then Soviet Union’s space shuttle between launch and landing sites.

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