China’s first domestically-manufactured passenger jet – C919 has successfully completed its maiden commercial flight today (28).
State TV showed the C919 rising into the skies above Shanghai, heading to the capital Beijing early on Sunday.
It was built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China (Comac) in the hope of breaking the dominance of Airbus and Boeing’s single-aisle jets.
But the 164-seater still relies heavily on Western components, including engines and avionics.
The Shanghai-Beijing leg of the journey, with more than 130 passengers on board, was completed in just under three hours.
(BBC News)
