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Sudanese President To Celebrate First Sudanese-Produced Plane

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will inaugurate, on July 5, the completion of the first Sudanese-produced airplane.

The plane, known as Safat 10, was produced by Jiyad Company, a wholly government-owned company. Sudan plans to produce 50 planes in the next five years.

The production was carried out by Sudanese engineers with partners from Russia and China.

[No technical specification or load capacity was provided.]

Source: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 23, 2009

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