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Officials of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveil the newly-made nose of amphibious aircraft AG600, during a ceremony at a factory in Chengdu, Sichuan province March 17, 2015. The Chinese self-developed amphibious aircraft will have its maiden flight in 2016 as the production of its nose was completed on Tuesday in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to a staff with the AVIC. The aircraft, with a takeoff weight of 53.5 tonnes, can be widely applied in fighting forest fire, marine monitoring, marine topography and carrying out emergency sea rescue operation, state television reported. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)
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