Plan would refurbish hundreds of Soviet-era aircraft to support regional aviation while a replacement remains under development

Aircraft lost contact during a flight on March 31 before wreckage was found on a cliff along the Black Sea coast

Cargo aircraft went down during post-maintenance test flight; investigation initiated by Russian authorities

Large cargo aircraft flew in closed airspace on July 11, to the dismay of Russian influencers

The Baikal aircraft was designed to replace the Soviet-era Antonov An-2 single-engine aircraft and was planned to be produced from 2026

The cargo aircraft was manufactured in 1967 and has logged more than 50,000 flight hours

The military transport aircraft is the only one produced by Antonov and has been hidden since the Russian military invasion in February 2022

Ukrainian company could provide engineering support to the US giant, among other possibilities

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer opened a center for the development and production of unmanned aircraft in June this year

Once the world's largest plane, the six-engined freighter has been dismantled and may have parts used in a second aircraft.