A Russian cargo plane remains grounded at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, where it has sat on the tarmac since Feb. 27, 2022. The aircraft is shown here in fall 2024. (Photo: INsauga.com)
The Canadian government has taken further legal action in seeking to gain full possession of a huge Russian cargo plane that’s been stranded at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga for more than three years.
The Russian-owned Antonov An-124 aircraft in dispute, the world’s largest mass-produced cargo plane, remains on the tarmac at Pearson, where it has been parked since Feb. 27, 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent closing of Canadian airspace to Russian-owned aircraft.
The massive plane, which stands roughly seven storeys tall and is three-quarters the length of an NFL football field, has become a fixture at Pearson and after three years sitting on the tarmac, there’s no clear indication that it’s going anywhere soon.
But that …