On December 15, 2020, the first flight of the MC-21-310 aircraft, equipped for the first time with new Russian PD-14 engines.
The flight lasting 1 hour and 25 minutes took place on Tuesday, December 15, at the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of PJSC Irkut Corporation.
The flight task involved checking the operating modes of the power plant, the stability and controllability of the aircraft, as well as the functioning of its systems.
According to the general director of the state corporation Sergei Chemezov, the new generation airliner returns the country to the top league of world aviation.
Earlier, the PW1400G units of the American company Pratt & Whitney were purchased for the MC-21.
According to experts, in the context of the sanctions regime, the creation of the PD-14 allows Russia to not depend on the West in the supply of its aircraft to domestic and foreign customers.
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