ALBAWABA - Russia’s flagship MC-21 passenger jet, manufactured entirely with materials sourced in Russia, has completed its first test flight. Russia’s locally-built commercial airliner flew for almost an hour and a half, reaching speeds of 600 kilometers per hour and altitudes of 6,000 meters. “The first assembly line produced aircraft performed well, and the flight plan was completed in full,” test pilot Roman Taskayev said following the test flight which ...