A Closer Look At North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un's Personal Plane

Photo: Kim Jong-un's Ilyushin jet takes off from China. (Reuters: Kyodo)

ABC News Online: Kim Jong-un's Soviet-era Ilyushin-62M plane set to fly him from North Korea to Singapore

Kim Jong-un's trip to Singapore marks a rare occasion the North Korean leader is heading overseas.

Following a family tradition, Mr Kim is known to use a special armoured train for travel.

But of course that's not an option for getting to the island-state of Singapore.

So just how will Mr Kim make the big trip? A plane of course!

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WNU Editor: His ride is a Soviet-era Ilyushin-62M plane (a plane that was built in the 1960s) .... no wonder he prefers to take the train.

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