Japan's First Passenger Jet Takes Off in Maiden Test Flight Wednesday Nov 11,2015

 

Japan's first domestic passenger jet successfully took off on its maiden test flight today, culminating a decade of development for a programme aimed at competing with Brazilian and Canadian rivals in the global market for smaller aircraft.

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries lifted off from the runway at Nagoya airport on Wednesday Nov 11,2015

The approximately 35-metre (115-foot) long two-engine aircraft flew smoothly upward into clear skies in central Japan