Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rolled out the first made-in-Japan passenger aircraft in nearly five decades on October 18 as it pushes into the booming regional jet sector.
Updated: October 18, 2014, 12:00 AM
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A Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) moves into the hanger at the ceremony at the Nagoya airport in Komaki. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
Guests look at a Mitsubishi Regional Jet during the ceremony at the Nagoya airport in Komaki. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
A Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) moves into the hanger at the ceremony at the Nagoya airport in Komaki. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
Guests look at a Mitsubishi Regional Jet during the ceremony at the Nagoya airport in Komaki. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
Mitsubishi Aircraft president Teruaki Kawai, left, All Nippon Airways CEO and president Shinichiro Ito, second left, Japanese deputy land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister Akihiro Nishimura, centre, Japanese deputy education, culture, sports and science minister Hideki Niwa, second right, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industrires chairman Hideaki Omiya, right, pose in a photo session during a ceremony of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP