Uzbek bodybuilders pull aircraft to break world record

Uzbek athletes set a world record having pulled an aircraft weighing 13,500 tons over a distance of 100 meters within 46.7 seconds, Kazinform News Agency reports.

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The Guinness World Records reports the record was set May 15 at the Tashkent Airport  in presence of Guinness World Official Adjudicator Mbali Nkosi.

A team of the Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation of Uzbekistan pulled a Silk Avia ATR 72−600 aircraft weighing 13,000 tons over a distance of 100 meters in 46.7 seconds, "which became the fastest time to pul the plane over such a distance". 

The team includes Bekzod Khudoykulov, Sherzodbek Gainazarov, Farkhod Dadamukhamedov, Umid Khusanov, Bakhshulla Sayfullaev and Abrorbek Fozilov.

The record was set at first attempt.