The largest cargo plane in the world has landed in Tucumán

He arrived today at Tucumán International Airport the cargo plane Antonov (AN-124), one of the largest in the world, with equipment for the new combined cycle of El Bracho Thermal Power Plant YPF in this province and with which will increase the power of the complex to 1300 megawatts (MW).

L & # 39; Company YPF Luz has invested 300 million USD for the expansion of the combined cycle plant.

But the novelty at the airport is the arrival of the Antonov, an aircraft used to transport heavy loads and which, during this trip, AN-124 of Ukrainian origin, transfers some of the electrical modules needed for the job.

AN-124s have been used to transport locomotives, yachts, aircraft fuselages and other types of large freight. In 1996, it moved turbines installed in the first generating sets of the Tucumán production complex.

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This year is the second time that Antonov arrives in Argentina. Last March, he had attracted attention when one of these giants had landed at Ezeiza Airport.

In this case, Argentina had no final destination but Santa Cruz de la Sierras, Bolivia.