The newest MC-21 aircraft went on flight tests over the Ryazan region

The plane was spotted on the online map of the Flightradar24 service

The Russian medium-range passenger aircraft MC-21-300 was spotted the day before flying over the Ryazan region. The crew conducted new flight tests of the aircraft.

According to the aircraft's route on the website, at 10:22 AM Moscow time, the MC-21 took off from the airport in Ramenskoye and drew several loops over the Ryazan region.

The flight took place at an altitude of 11.2 thousand kilometers, with a speed of about 915 kilometers per hour. The farthest point reached by the MC-21 was the city of Kasimov, 288 kilometers from Moscow.

МС-21-300 is an aircraft with an American engine. Aircraft with Russian power units belong to the MC-21-310 series.

Earlier www1.ru reported that ODK has started designing aircraft engines using domestic software.

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