The only Alenia M-346 advanced jet trainer has resumed flight test operations after it was grounded by Alenia following an crash of the ...
The only Alenia M-346 advanced jet trainer has resumed flight test operations after it was grounded by Alenia following an crash of the company-owned, pre-series aircraft on 11 May 2013.
Alenia in a statement said its technical investigation has allowed to successfully identify the accident's causes and findings has been shared with air force customers, and the required aircraft modifications have been approved by the relevant authority, the Italian Direzione Armamenti Aeronautici (DAA).
It was the second crash of an M-346 pre-production aircraft; the first jet crashed off the coast of Dubai in November 2011 after appearing at the Dubai Air Show.
