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Mitsubishi Heavy markets 1st self-made chopper

KOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows the first helicopter developed entirely in-house by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. The company delivered the MH2000 helicopter, priced at 400 million yen, to a Chiba, east of Tokyo, helicopter charter and maintenance company. The 14-meter-long helicopter flies at a maximum speed of 280 km per hour and has a range of 780 km.

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1st Japanese-developed chopper crashes in Mie, pilot killed

TSU, Japan - A damaged helicopter lies on a rice paddy in Mie Prefecture on Nov. 27 after it crashed while on a trial flight. The pilot was killed and five men on board were injured, police and firefighters said. The MH2000 model helicopter was produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. as one of the first purely domestically developed helicopters. The accident occurred in Suzuka about 40 minutes after the helicopter took off from the company's factory in Toyoyama in neighboring Aichi Prefecture.

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Mitsubishi Heavy markets 1st self-made chopper

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the first helicopter developed entirely in-house by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. The company delivered the MH2000 helicopter, priced at 400 million yen, to a Chiba, east of Tokyo, helicopter charter and maintenance company. The 14-meter-long helicopter flies at a maximum speed of 280 km per hour and has a range of 780 km.