I-Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, iyunithi yezophapho yesigebenga semizi-mveliso yaseJapan, iceba ukuqalisa ukuhanjiswa kwenqwelomoya yabakhweli yokuqala eveliswe ngaphakathi eJapan ukusukela ngoo-1960s kwakamsinyane kulo nyaka uzayo.
Ijethi ekhwele abantu abangama-88 inoluhlu lokubhabha olumalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2,000, ngelixa enye encinci inokubhabha ukuya kuthi ga kubantu abangama-76 malunga nomgama ofanayo. I-MRJ (iJet yeNgingqi yeMitsubishi) yenze inqwelomoya yayo yokuqala ngoNovemba ka-2015 kunye nokuhanjiswa kokuqala okumiselwe phakathi ku-2020.
I-Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation ekuqaleni yayicwangcise ukuhanjiswa kwejethi yokuqala ngo-2008. Nangona kunjalo, umhla wahlehliswa kahlanu ngenxa yobunzima bemveliso. Iiodolo zenqwelomoya ezakhe zafikelela kwiiyunithi ezingama-474 ezisuka e-US kunye nabathwali baseJapan ziye zathotywa zaya kutsho kwijethi ezingama-407 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
I-conglomerate yaseJapan, umboneleli wexesha elide wezinto zenqwelomoya kwi-Boeing, utyale imali engaphezulu kwe-600 yeebhiliyoni zeedola (i-5.36 yeebhiliyoni zeedola) kwi-MRJ ukusuka ngoMatshi ka-2018 kunye nenye i-200 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni (i-1.8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola) ekulindeleke ukuba ifakwe kwiprojekthi ekupheleni kuka-2020. Ngo-Okthobha, abakwaMitsubishi babhengeze izicwangciso zokutyala imali eyongezelelekileyo yeebhiliyoni ezili-170 (iibhiliyoni zeerandi ezisisi-1.5) kwiyunithi yenqwelomoya, irhoxisa i-50 yeebhiliyoni zee-yen (iidola ezingama-446 ezigidi) yetyala elityalwa licandelo.
I-MRJ ekudala ilindelwe, eyilelwe ukuthutha umoya wendawo, inokuba ngumntu okhuphisana naye kwizinto eziphambili ezifana ne-Bombardier yaseCanada, iinqwelomoya zengingqi zeC Series zithengiswa njenge-Airbus A220, emva kokufunyanwa kweyunithi ngo-2017 yi-Aerospace giant yaseYurophu. . Ijethi yaseJapan ikwalindeleke ukuba ibonelele ngokhuphiswano olubukhali kwi-Embraer yaseBrazil ebhengeze izicwangciso zokudala umanyano lweenqwelomoya ze-Embraer ngo-2018.
Abasandula ukufika kwicandelo lenkonzo yomoya yengingqi, efana neRussian Sukhoi Superjet-100 kunye neChinese Comac ARJ21, okwangoku ephantsi kovavanyo lweenqwelomoya, banokucela umngeni kwi-Airbus kunye neBoeing.
UMitsubishi okwangoku ubandakanyeka kwiinkqubo zomthetho neBombardier eseMontreal. Ngo-Okthobha, umenzi wenqwelomoya waseKhanada wafaka isimangalo, etyhola umbutho waseJapan ngokuba ulwazi oluyimfihlo kunye nokwenza ukuba iBombardier "ilahlekelwe yimali engenakulungiseka."
I-Mitsubishi yamangalelwa, isithi umvelisi weenqwelomoya waseKhanada wophule imimiselo yokungathembeki “ngesicwangciso esinamacala amaninzi sokwandisa amandla akhe kwimarike yejethi yengingqi ngokuthintela ukungena kwenqwelomoya entsha ekhuphisanayo.”