Ụgbọ elu ndị njem Russia ọhụrụ, Irkut MC-21-300, emeela ụgbọ elu mba ụwa mbụ ya na Turkey, onye na-emepụta ụgbọ elu kwupụtara.
The plane took off from Zhukovsky International Airport near Moscow on Monday and flew 2,400 km to Ọdụ ụgbọ elu Istanbul Ataturk in about three and a half hours.
“The flight was normal. The aircraft and its systems have performed well during the flight. For the first time a part of our route was over the sea,” the pilot said.
The public will be able to take a sneak peak at the new narrow-body airliner with a passenger interior when it is presented at the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival, which takes place September 17-22 in Istanbul. The MC-21-300 will also take to the skies as a part of the show’s flight program, according to the plane’s producer, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).
Russia’s newest airliner made its public debut at the MAKS-2019 air show in late August, when Russian and Turkish leaders, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took a look inside the jet.
UAC hopes the MC-21-300 could become a potential competitor to Boeing’s ill-fated 737 MAX. The airliner has successfully gone through several tests and is expected to receive certification from both in Russian and European regulators by 2021.
