The MA60 firefighting aircraft conducts the water drop over a simulated fire scene during an emergency rescue drill at the Zhanghe Airport in Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 27, 2023. China's independently-developed MA60 firefighting aircraft, a new member of the Modern Ark multipurpose aircraft family, is progressing forward on its airworthiness certification process, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). (Aviation Industry Corporation of China/Handout via Xinhua)
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's independently-developed MA60 firefighting aircraft, a new member of the Modern Ark multipurpose aircraft family, is progressing forward on its airworthiness certification process, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
As an aircraft model tailored to serve emergency rescue missions, MA60 successfully completed a key test flight, which consisted of hedgehopping and dropping six tonnes of water, said the AVIC, China's leading aircraft manufacturer.
The aircraft successfully conducted the water drop over the scheduled site at a very low altitude of 55 meters. The test took place at an airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Crew members pose as the MA60 firefighting aircraft completed a key test flight, which consisted of hedgehopping and dropping six tonnes of water, in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 9, 2023. China's independently-developed MA60 firefighting aircraft, a new member of the Modern Ark multipurpose aircraft family, is progressing forward on its airworthiness certification process, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). (Aviation Industry Corporation of China/Handout via Xinhua)
