MOSCOW: Russia has unveiled a medium-range passenger plane that state media hailed as superior in many ways to western-made counterparts.
In a glitzy Siberian ceremony attended by Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, the Irkut Corporation rolled out its new MC-21 airliner, which is still undergoing testing but is due to enter serial production in 2017. The plane is sometimes also known as MS-21.
Medvedev hailed the new twin-engine short and medium-range aircraft as “cool”, saying it was important that Russia remained in what he called the top league of aircraft makers despite the high costs involved.
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Source: Free Malaysia Today
