Russian outsize freight carrier Volga-Dnepr has detailed its proposed modified version of the Antonov An-124, which would have a taller fuselage to accommodate a greater range of industrial payloads.

The aircraft, designated the An-124-102, would be developed effectively by slicing a baseline An-124 lengthwise, from nose to tail, on a horizontal plane just below the level of the cockpit.

Additional fuselage structure would then be inserted that would jack the upper section by around 2m (6.5ft),

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