MHI commences Mitsubishi Regional Jet assembly work

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation have jointly announced the commencement by MHI of assembly work on the next-generation Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ). Based on an order placed by Mitsubishi Aircraft, which is developing the MRJ, MHI began riveting work on the frame structure surrounding the emergency escape hatch for crew in the cockpit roof of the aircraft. While manufacture of individual parts had already begun last autumn, the start of assembly work indicates that the MRJ project to develop Japan