Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) stated on Wednesday that the locally manufactured AG600 large amphibious aircraft had entered the airworthiness flight-test phase.
Two AG600M airplanes, the firefighting model of the AG600 aircraft family, have arrived at the center of flight-test in Yanliang District in Xian, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to AVIC, the country’s leading planemaker.
Flight-test phase
According to the AVIC, it signified that the special-mission aircraft had formally entered the flight-test phase necessary to get the type certificate. The AG600M planes will first be modified to undergo flying tests at the flight test center.
The AVIC stated that other test works, including the static test and others, have also been started. The AG600 aircraft family, codenamed Kunlong, or “water dragon” in Chinese, is being developed for emergency rescue operations. It can be applied to crucial emergency rescue operations, including maritime search and rescue, and other critical emergency rescue missions.
