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MRJ airplane: the first delivery postponed

Nagoya, Japan - But the industries announce also measures that the current problems resolved, will speed up the entire program

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI) today announced that the companies will postpone the first delivery schedule of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), their next-generation regional jet, from the second quarter of 2017 to approximately one year later. The first flight and the subsequent flight tests have confirmed the basic characteristics to be satisfactory, but...

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Rome, Italy, 12/24/2015 13:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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