KIEV, Ukraine – I-Kiev ifuna ukuheha utshalomali oluyisigidi esingu-$500 eChina ukuze iqedele inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yendiza enkulukazi emhlabeni i-AN-225 Mriya, kusho umongameli womkhiqizi u-Antonov.

Indiza ethwala impahla yathuthukiswa endaweni eyayiyiSoviet Union ngeminyaka yawo-1980 futhi yaqale yaklanywa njengesithwala semikhumbi-mkhathi yaseSoviet Buran. Okuwukuphela kwendiza eqediwe yisasetshenziswa. Njengoba indiza ithwala amathani angu-250 isisindo sayo singamathani angu-640 lapho isuka.

Umsebenzi wokwakha indiza yesibili waqala ngo-1988 kodwa awukaze uqedwe.

Iphini lenhloko ka-Antonov lithe i-Ukraine ibicabanga ukuqala ukukhiqiza ngokubambisana neChina futhi ihlela ukumema abatshalizimali baseChina kulo msebenzi.

Ngomhla zingama-30 kuNcwaba, u-Antonov kanye neNhlangano Yezimboni zezindiza yaseChina basayine isivumelwano sokusebenzisana esizovula indlela yokukhiqizwa kwe-serial ye-AN-225 e-China.

UMengameli we-Antonov u-Oleksandr Kotsiuba uthe kungase kuthathe cishe iminyaka emihlanu ukuqeda le ndiza uma sekusayinwe isivumelwano phakathi kwezinhlangothi zombili.

"I-Mriya yesibili izoqedwa lapha, eKiev, futhi ingabiza imali efika ku-$ 500 million kuye ngemishini efakiwe," kusho uKotsiuba, enezela ukubambisana kwesikhathi esizayo nenkampani yaseShayina kuzoncika ekuqedweni ngempumelelo kwendiza.

Okuwukuphela kwendiza ekhona i-AN-225 yaqala ukundiza ngo-1988 futhi isetshenziswa yi-Antonov Airlines, ingxenye yenkampani yakwa-Antonov.

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The cargo plane was developed in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and was initially designed as a carrier for the Soviet Buran space shuttle.
On August 30, Antonov and China's Aerospace Industry Corporation signed a cooperation agreement which will pave the way for serial production of the AN-225 in China.
Okuwukuphela kwendiza ekhona i-AN-225 yaqala ukundiza ngo-1988 futhi isetshenziswa yi-Antonov Airlines, ingxenye yenkampani yakwa-Antonov.