Ijethi yabakhweli yaseRashiya yamva nje, i-Irkut MC-21-300, yenze inqwelomoya yayo yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe ukuya eTurkey, umvelisi wenqwelomoya ubhengeze.
Inqwelomoya isuke kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iZhukovsky kufutshane neMoscow ngoMvulo yaza yabhabha i2,400 km ukuya. Isikhululo senqwelomoya iIstanbul Ataturk malunga neeyure ezintathu ezinesiqingatha.
“Inqwelomoya ibiqhelekile. Inqwelomoya kunye neenkqubo zayo ziqhube kakuhle ngexesha lokuhamba. Okokuqala inxalenye yendlela yethu ibingaphaya kolwandle,” utshilo umqhubi wenqwelomoya.
Uluntu luya kukwazi ukuthatha i-sneak peak kwinqwelo-moya entsha encinci kunye nomkhweli wangaphakathi xa iboniswa kwi-Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival, eyenzeka ngoSeptemba 17-22 e-Istanbul. I-MC-21-300 nayo iya kukhwela esibhakabhakeni njengenxalenye yenkqubo yokubhabha yomboniso, ngokutsho komvelisi wenqwelomoya, I-United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).
Inqwelomoya entsha yaseRussia yenza ukuvela kwayo esidlangalaleni kwi-MAKS-2019 umboniso womoya ngasekupheleni kuka-Agasti, xa iinkokeli zaseRussia naseTurkey, uVladimir Putin kunye noRecep Tayyip Erdogan, bajonga ngaphakathi kwijethi.
I-UAC inethemba lokuba i-MC-21-300 inokuba ngumntu okhuphisana naye kwi-Boeing's ill-fated 737 MAX. Inqwelomoya ihambe ngempumelelo kwiimvavanyo ezininzi kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ifumane isatifikethi kubo bobabini abalawuli baseRussia nabaseYurophu ngo-2021.
