Overview
- United Aircraft Corporation reported the non-stop transfer on November 13 and identified the airframe as the second MS‑21 configured with domestic replacements.
- Test pilot Andrey Voropaev said the long flight concluded successfully with all onboard systems functioning without failures.
- Fuel consumption was within expected parameters during the journey, according to the pilot’s account in the UAC release.
- Specialists will ready the aircraft for the next phase before it begins certification testing, as outlined by UAC.
- The MS‑21 is Russia’s medium‑haul airliner program under UAC, part of Rostec, with this example described as an import‑substituted prototype.