Iran Simorgh aircraft

Iran test flight for home-grown cargo plane


Issue 1170 - 31 May 2023 | 1 minute read

Iranian officials said they had conducted a successful test flight for the domestically-produced Simorgh aircraft. A modified version of the Ukrainian-produced Antonov An-140 cargo aircraft, it has been developed as a light military transport plane.

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