China’s first passenger aircraft takes maiden flight

Posted on 8 May 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
The Comac C919 flies for the first time. Image courtesy of Comac.

The first large passenger aircraft domestically produced in China undertook its maiden flight last week.

The aircraft itself was a narrow-body passenger jet called the C919, built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China (Comac). Despite carrying a skeleton crew of just 5, the maiden flight of the C919 was reportedly successful. After taking off from Shanghai’s Pudong Airport, the aircraft flew for a total of 90 minutes before safely…

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