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 Antonov state enterprise (Kyiv) is continuing to work on the program of An-70 medium military transport aircraft, the press service of the company has said.

“After the completion of state joint tests, the plane began to fly long distances. In particular it made a flight on the Kyiv-Odesa-Kharkiv-Lviv-Ivano-Frankivsk-Kyiv route, the duration of which was eight hours and eight minutes,” said the press service.

The company said that the An-70 within the flight, performed by the joint crew of Antonov and the State Research and Test Center, intersected multiple storm fronts.

“Thus, in real weather conditions the crew checked the work of the radar system on identifying and recognizing hazardous meteorological formations, which was positively appreciated. The An-70 has been successfully tested under natural icing conditions. All systems were functioning as normal. Throughout the flight temperature fields, vibration and noise levels on the workplaces of the crew members and in the cargo cabin were controlled,” the developer said.

“The An-70 once again proved all the declared characteristics and was highly praised by the test team of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine,” reads the report.