PLA enlists heavy transport jet

Domestically made aircraft will help 'to safeguard our overseas interests'

The Y-20, China's domestically developed heavy-lift transport plane, officially joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force on Wednesday.

Xu Qiliang, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, and General Ma Xiaotian, the Air Force's commander, attended a ceremony in Sichuan province marking the occasion, an Air Force statement announced.