Aug
29

Japan’s First Home-Made Jet Back in Hangar After Aborted Tests

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  • Mitsubishi planes being checked again for airconditioner snag
  • MRJ, beset by delays, seeks to challenge Embraer, Bombardier

After two aborted test flights in as many days following a faulty air-conditioning system, Japan’s first locally built passenger jet was back for checks and fixes amid delays to a program aimed at challenging the dominance of Brazil’s Embraer SA and Canada’s Bombardier Inc.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., the builder of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, will make a decision on resuming its test flight to the U.S. after the problem has been fixed, Spokesman Kenichi Takemori said by telephone from Nagoya Monday. The company has delayed delivery of the aircraft at least four times. ANA Holdings Inc. is scheduled to receive the first MRJ in the middle of 2018…

Japan’s First Home-Made Jet Back in Hangar After Aborted Tests

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