It is impossible to revive Mriya, but you can create a new one - aircraft crew commander

The commander of one of the three crews of the AN-225 aircraft, Dmitry Antonov, spoke about this in an interview with Voice of America.

Killed almost half of the aircraft completely. The main part in which the pilots lived, where we lived, where we spent all our time, is our pilot's cabin - it's all destroyed. There is only one wing, and the second one, I already see too, power structures, which are the main ones - they are the main parts, most likely they are damaged by temperature and the wing can already be used, neither the left half-wing nor the right half-wing will be possible, - he noted.

According to Antonov, the new aircraft can be made from the unfinished part of Mriya's sister, but the project requires significant investments - the amount ranges from $800 million to $3 billion.

Of course, if you try to assess the economic feasibility, it will be very difficult. Because under it you need to find an appropriate project, similar to launching a rocket into space. But so far there is no project for which it will be reproduced. I think that at the initial stage, Mriya will certainly not be created as a commercial project, but as a symbol. And a symbol not only of Ukraine, but of the whole world, a symbol of victory, - suggests the pilot.

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