THUNDER BAY -- One of the largest aircraft in the world has paid a return visit to Thunder Bay.
Although it has touched down in the city three times since last summer, the arrival of the Antonov AN-124 cargo plane on Wednesday afternoon still had local residents craning their necks for a view and taking some photos or video.
Bombardier has chartered the long-range aircraft to bring in parts—reportedly streetcar cabs—from a factory in Europe for the TTC cars being manufactured at the local plant.
The giant plane is as high as a seven-storey building.
It completed the 7,500-kilometre flight from Austria in just under 10 hours.
The aircraft is expected to take off on Thursday evening.
