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PT Dirgantara Indonesia, (Persero) or PT DI, today will roll-out the N219, the first plane Indonesia has made again after the N250, which was made in 1995. The N219 is the result of a collaboration between Dirgantara Indonesia and the National Aeronautics Space Agency (Lapan).
The roll-out—a term for unveiling an airplane for the first time—was supposed to be done in August, but the plane was only ready by November. The roll-out marks that the N219 prototype is ready to be introduced to the public,
Initially, President Joko Widodo was supposed to attend the unveiling ceremony. But Widodo had canceled his trip to Bandung, where he was supposed to open the 2015 Anti Corruption Festival and the N219 roll-out ceremony.
Dirgantara Indonesia president director Budi Santoso said that the N219 could mark the beginning of the revival of Indonesia’a aerospace industry.
“We hope it will help create synergy between industrial sectors and absorb skillful labor,” he said today, December 10.
