As a confirmation, Mikhail Mishustin mentioned the MC-21 aircraft, which is among the best passenger aircraft of this category.
MOSCOW, May
22./TASS/. Russia has managed to cope with the difficulties in the aircraft
industry emerging after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Prime Minister
Mikhail Mishustin told Knew Knowledge Marathon on Saturday.
As a confirmation,
the prime minister mentioned the MC-21 aircraft, which is among the best
passenger aircraft of this category. The Soviet Union was among the global
leaders on the track of aircraft construction, Mishustin reiterated. However,
it found itself in a crisis following the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a
revival beginning only in the 2000s.
"Our country has
managed to overcome the difficulties, and the MC-21 plane is an evidence,"
Mishustin said. "A really good aircraft was designed, the best among the
passenger airlines of this type," he stressed. The prime minister praised
Irkut Corporation, chief designer Konstantin Popovich and Alexander Inozemtsev,
who led the work to design the engine.
In December 2020,
MC-21-300 made the first flight with Russian PD-14 engines. The new aircraft is
to replace Tu-154, Tu-134 and Yak-42 operated by the Defense Ministry, the
Federal Security Service and the Emergencies Ministry.
Source: ITAR-TASS
22-05-2021
