You have to take in account the consumption of fuel...the plane lands lighter then it takes off.

I see what you did there xD

paganviodio The strangest thing has happened over the last few weeks. It first started with a television reporter on a local station here in Los Angeles. This reporter was doing a story about LAX and the remodeling they are doing to it's main terminal, this reporter kept saying Aircrafts instead of the correct way, Aircraft which is plural and has no need to add an s to explain more than one Aircraft. I have seen this here on You Tube on several video captions using Aircrafts along with many in the comments sections. So folks it's always "Aircraft" and never "Aircrafts"

thanks, we are foreigner, i didnt know that. but it sounds to me as there is no diffirence at all...in other languages there is always a diffirent between singular and plural...i have to say, if i mean more than one aircraft ,then " more aircraft", and use more words, which sounds very underdeveloped to me ;;;)))

including the weight of the plane

The An-225 loses its useful load carrying enough air mechanics to keep it flying.

Fitz A - It's actually 1.005 Million Pounds

They already know what happens in that case. It's called a "runway excursion."

Its is only misleading if you can't comprehend english. Nowhere in the title does it mention anything about lifting a million pounds of cargo. All I see is a "million pound takeoff", which is pretty close to accurate.

sdguero28 im not very sure, but those Antonov Aircrafts CAN lift the Million Pound of Cargo in the Air, I guess...the Airbus 380, when there is a Cargo Version of that,then this Plane will lift more than that.With a little broader Wings, and stronger engines, you can even manage to lift the million Pound. I dont think , it is a big deal...

paganviodio Neither the An-225 nor the A380 can lift anywhere close to a million pounds of cargo. A380 Freighter's maximum payload is 330,000 lb. I'm not sure what the exact max for An-225 is, but it's far less than 1,000,000 lb. The largest cargo it has carried was 417,000 lb. Even the Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft (the 'Roc') is 'only' designed to carry 500,000 lb. of payload (namely, the Pegasus II rocket stack.) An-225 holds the current record. If they count the rocket that Roc is carrying as payload, it will break An-225's record on its first flight test carrying the rocket stack.

vbscript2 Really? I didn´t know that. Thank you for explaining, but t is also very surprising for me to read that 380 also couldn´t...I don´t want to believe that, just because, the Aircraft is physically much bigger, i think , they ´d manage to let the 380 carry more than that., i cannot imagine that a smaller plane can carry more than the bigger one...

You place Boeing into the equation, that's how!

Well then you put Airbus Into the equation....

+Rod Rocket the top two largest fatalities from an aviation related incident guess the aircraft name?

+Bob Dylan Do your research, the KLM/Pan AM crash was 100% pilot error on the part of the flight crew from KLM.

rampking1 i did but they were still boeing planes

That is just throwing mud around, no reflection on the safety or airworthiness of the aircraft. I work with both A-330's and 767's, I'll take the A-330 anytime so I am not always a fan of Boeing. In fact I still believe the USAF made a big mistake ordering the KC-46 (767-200) over the KC-45 ( A-330) As of right now, Boeing is barely meeting the price and deadlines for their tanker.

rampking1 same

Well, you don't see NORMAL flights just going around and then the flight ends. You see flights that cross oceans and the fuel burned reduce the weight, allowing it to land on normal 747 runways. Well, it was a demonstration from Boeing to see that the 747 can go over it's massive takeoff weight, so it's not that strict and if a pilot miscalculated by only small numbers, 400 people (if it's a 747-8i) won't die because of it. Well, you are right, they won't be brothered to fly 8 hours, so you are right on one point.

+Britt Thomas because an a380 can carry much more

A380FAirbus originally accepted orders for the freighter version, offering the largest payload capacity of any cargo aircraft in production, exceeded only by the single Antonov An-225 Mriya in service.[260] An aerospace consultant has estimated that the A380F would have 7% better payload and better range than the 747-8F, but also higher trip costs.[261] However, production has been suspended until the A380 production lines have settled with no firm availability date.[66][67][68] In 2015 Airbus removed A380F from the range of freighters on the corporate website.[262]

LOL What? Exactly what else do you propose to fly on? Last I checked, our atmosphere consists of air, which makes finding something else to fly on rather difficult.

Let's see your flying machine keyboard warrior.

Hless421, Only the most arrogant and ignorant people presume to tell me what 'I' know - particularly when we have never spoken before. I deal in facts, not speculation. If indeed there is no money to be made, Boeing would have abandoned this airframe long ago. Apparently Boeing knows something that YOU don't, Hless - no surprises there.. Sit down, shut up, and admit (or at least pretend) that your knowledge is not as all-encompassing as you would have others believe.

Kevin Frothingham If one tries to make a point, making sense is crucial. I have a feeling I'm not the only one that has no idea what you're trying to say.

Hless421 He calling you a douche bag in a cordial way.