Mitsubishi passenger jet's maiden flight postponed to autumn

Mitsubishi passenger jet's maiden flight postponed to autumn

Hiromichi Morimoto (C), president of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., speaks at a press conference on April 10, 2015, in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, about postponing the maiden flight by its newly developed small passenger aircraft, dubbed the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, to September or October at the earliest. It will be the fourth postponement of the plane's first flight, which had initially been expected to be held between April and June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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