Now the mrjs are approaching the run way. Production stopped in 1973. Todays maiden flight is a critical step in the process. Development has not the flight was postponed five times. Now, its getting ready to take off. Mrj is in the air. The industry design and building the plane domestically decided to produce a small passenger plane in 2008. The japanese government subsidized its development. Translator we want this project to grow into a major industry. Reporter about 2,000 small passenger jets are now in service mainly in the u. S. And europe. Most produced by bombardier, a canadian company. But competition is heading up. Russian and chinese manufacturers to growing demand in asia. Mitsubishi aircraft is they say the fuselage and it consumes less fuel than its competitors. The cabin is designed with passenger comfort in mind. Special materials create a thinner back rest providing extra leg room. The company has already received orders for 400 jets. This flight will last about an ho
And 19 passengers. Now the mrjs are approaching the run way. Production stopped in 1973. Todays maiden flight is a critical step in the process. Development has not the flight was postponed five times. Now, its getting ready to take off. Mrj is in the air. The industry design and building the plane domestically decided to produce a small passenger plane in 2008. The japanese government subsidized its development. Translator we want this project to grow into a major industry. Reporter about 2,000 small passenger jets are now in service mainly in the u. S. And europe. Most produced by bombardier, a canadian company. But competition is heading up. Russian and chinese manufacturers to growing demand in asia. They say the fuselage and it consumes less fuel than its competitors. The cabin is designed with passenger comfort in mind. Special materials create a thinner back rest providing extra leg room. The company has already received orders for 400 jets. This flight will last about an hour.
Object beneath its left wing. No damage to the japanese aircraft was reported. The sdf planes were patrolling the area where the two Countries Air defense identification zones overlap. Japans defense minister Itsunori Onodera criticized chinas action. Translator it was an extremely dangerous action for the chinese jet to fly so close to the japanese air selfdefense force planes over international waters. Weve protested through diplomatic channels. Chinese fighter jets approached sdf aircraft on two separate occasions last month. The incidents prompted the japanese government to protest what it called extremely dangerous acts. There are no signs of progress in efforts by japan and china to avoid territorial contingencies. People in vietnam are reacting angrily to news that a chinese ship collided with a vietnamese fishing boat. They say it was a deliberate attack, the latest of many. Most have occurred in the disputed waters in the South China Sea. This one happened in the gulf of tonki
How to best respond when emergency strikes. A delegation from japan has resumed talks with north korean officials on wednesday to press for answers. Theyre in pyongyang for two days of meetings with a special Investigation Committee looking into the fate of missing and abducted japanese nationals. The chief of the foreign ministrys asian and Oceanian Affairs bureau, Junichi Ihara met on tuesday with north Korean Committee chair, so tae ha during the first day of talking. The japanese delegation also spoke with seven other officials including the heads of four investigation panels. They also heard the explanation from the north about the current status of their probe on the missing and abducted for three hours. And ihara says he reminded them that resolving the abduction issue is japans top priority. Translator we urge the north korean officials to speed up their investigation. And report the results as soon as possible. The north korean side explained the structure of the committee. An
Skills of the stage from a leading classical actor. Iraqi leaders are caught in a struggle for power. The president has named a new Prime Minister but the man who held the job eight years is refusing to go. President fouad masoum asked Haider Al Abadi to form a new cabinet within 30 days. Abadi has served as Deputy Speaker in parliament and as an adviser to the incumbent Prime Minister, nuri al maliki, and they belong to the same party. Maliki went on television to criticize the decision. He said it was a dangerous violation of the constitution and he said he would rectify the error. That set the stage for a showdown in a country already dealing with an islamist insurgency. Over the past two months, sunni militants have swept across Northern Iraq and taken control of a number of towns and cities. Many iraqis blame maliki for favoring other shia muslims and driving the insurgency and theyve been calling for him to step aside. The crisis comes days after u. S. Forces staged their First M