NC-212i maritime patrollers touch down in Vietnam
Two NC-212i maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) touched down in Gia Lam Air Base in Hanoi, Vietnam this week, with imagery of their arrival circulating on Vietnamese online media.
The light aircraft with tail numbers ‘8991’ and ‘8992’ and wearing Vietnam People’s Air Force livery were built by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) at its Bandung facility. Vietnam is still awaiting a third aircraft from its original order.
Delivery had been long delayed by difficulties in certifying Genesys Aerosystems S-Tec 5000 digital autopilot system, a process being led by Airbus Defence & Space. One of the Vietnamese aircraft was used for the
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