The next serial Be-200ChS (tail number RF-88456/21) search-and-rescue amphibious aircraft (with fire extinguishing function) has taken off from the factory airfield of Public Joint Stock Company “Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after Georgy Beriev” (being part of Public Joint Stock Company “United Aircraft Corporation”).
It is planned that after passing the program of predelivery and acceptance tests, the Be-200ChS will be handed over to the customer for operation as part of the naval aviation of the Russian Navy.