JAKARTA – The Chinese Aviation Industry Company (AVIC) has successfully developed a seaplane suitable for carrying out forest and land fire suppression missions (Karhutla). The first flight of this aircraft was carried out off the coast of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on Sunday, July 26. Launch Among , the aircraft with serial number AG600 successfully completed its inaugural test flight, for 31 minutes. This success is an opening path for China to produce similar aircraft. Also read: The issue of forest fires returns, the Karhutla monitoring application is in the spotlight Government Beware of Karhutla at the Peak of the Dry Season during the COVID-19 Pandemic Strategy for Handling Karhutla Case 2020 This seaplane is a development of the Y-20 wide-body transport aircraft and the C919 single passenger aircraft. The aircraft, named ‘Kunlong’, will be operated for maritime security missions and emergency tasks such as forest and land fires in Chinese territory....