15K views · 1.2K reactions | AG600 maiden sea takeoff: China becomes the third country to build large amphibious aircrafts after Russia and Japan. It is designed for forest firefighting, marine rescue and other emergency rescue missions. Its code name "Kunlong" refers to a leviathan that could metamorphose into a giant bird recorded in a 2,300-year-old Taoist classic. | Xu Zeyu | Facebook

The world's largest amphibious aircraft, AG600, completed its first water surface test flight on Saturday in Jingmen of central China's Hubei Province. The giant plane is China's first large water plane, and will be used in disaster relief and fire control missions in the future. | CGTN