Off-Road Driving With a Soviet Cargo Jet
December 26th, 2009 • By Matt Molnar
What do you do when your 200-ton Soviet-era Antonov An-124 cargo jet gets stuck in the mud and the nearest tug is on the other side of the Urals? GUN IT. No idea where this took place, nor how this big bird ended up in the mud, but it’s nothing short of pure awesome. Note the marshaller running for his life as the massive jet starts rolling rather suddenly.
An-124s were built in Ukraine, which, as we learned from Seinfeld, is NOT a game:
Comment by beeweel15 on 26 December 2009:
( Let me try this again,Replying to myself)
That remind me of the scene from the 1970's movie Airport where Joe Patroni ( George Kennedy) gets the B707 out of the snow. Check out the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupqktw252M
Comment by darlyn on 1 January 2010:
In Soviet Russia, plane spots you!
Comment by tsnamm on 2 January 2010:
its more like 450 tons….
Comment by longacre on 2 January 2010:
Depends if it was loaded or not.
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Comment by ttt on 4 February 2010:
The incident happened in Canada.
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Comment by Will Horton on 9 April 2010:
Aviation and pop culture? Well done.