Nothing compared to loss of life and suffering of the Ukrainian people of course, but: this is sad.
From the article: "It will cost over USD3 billion to restore the plane [...]".
This seems extremely high. I'd expect maybe high hundreds of millions. I appreciate that they're hardly like-for-like, but the A380 unit cost was something like $400M, which I think has maybe double the tonnage of the An-225. Where does the extra couple of billion come from?
From the article: "It will cost over USD3 billion to restore the plane [...]".
This seems extremely high. I'd expect maybe high hundreds of millions. I appreciate that they're hardly like-for-like, but the A380 unit cost was something like $400M, which I think has maybe double the tonnage of the An-225. Where does the extra couple of billion come from?