Amphibious firefighting aircraft put through paces

China will produce four prototypes of the AG600M aircraft, a firefighting variant belonging to the AG600 large amphibious aircraft family, to carry out test flights, its developer announced on Saturday.

The second AG600M firefighting aircraft prototype completed its first flight test mission on Saturday in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, according to Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the country's leading plane-maker.

During the 22-minute flight, the aircraft performed well, and all of its systems were operating stably, AVIC said.