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A high-ranking researcher of China's J-15 fighter jet died of heart attack on the country's aircraft carrier on Sunday, China Central Television reports.
Luo Yang, general director of the J-15 fighter jet research team and also board chairman of Aviation Industries of China Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, died after suffering a heart attack on the country's aircraft carrier on Sunday, China Central Television reports.
China has moved closer to its goal of building a blue-water navy, with pilots successfully landing on and taking off from the Liaoning, the country's first aircraft carrier.
Deck landings were carried out on the carrier with the new J-15 fighter jet, naval sources said on Sunday. But the focus is also on passenger aircraft.
China has successfully conducted flight landing on its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, naval sources said.
China has successfully conducted flight landing on its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, naval sources said.
The deputy chief designer of China's aircraft carrier project suggested China was building its own carrier on Monday.
China's first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, was officially handed over to the navy on Sept 25. It is an important, but normal, step in China's construction of its navy.
China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning with a hull number of 16, entered service in the People's Liberation Army Navy on Sept 25.
China's Defense Ministry dismissed foreign media reports saying that China is building a 2nd aircraft carrier and it will be launched late this year.
Key facts of China's 1st aircraft carrier
China's naval power took a landmark step Tuesday when its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning with the hull number 16, began its service in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning" will escort China's further implementation of its peaceful development strategy and pose no threat to other countries.