Thousands of spectators line the runway at Perth airport to watch the world’s largest plane land in Australia for the first time. The Antonov An-225 Mriya, designed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, was chartered by a resources company to transport a 117-tonne turbine. The An-225 is the longest and heaviest aeroplane ever built. It also has the largest wingspan at 88.4m. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images