Aircraft
MC-21 Static Test Fuselage Arrives at Moscow Test Center
Milestone marks start of static test airframe assembly
The MC-21 static test airframe emerges from an An-124 freighter outside the Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Moscow. (Photo: UAC)
The MC-21 static test airframe emerges from an An-124 freighter outside the Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Moscow. (Photo: UAC)

Russia’s Irkut Corporation has delivered the static test fuselage for the company's new MC-21 airliner to the N.E. Zhukovsky Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Moscow, the company announced Monday. Testing goals center on validating the strength characteristics of the new 160- to 212-seat narrowbody for type certification.