China's first domestically built passenger plane completed its maiden flight today Friday May 05,2017
The
narrow-body, twin-engine C919 successfully took off from Shanghai
Pudong International Airport at 2pm local time (7am BST) amid much
fanfare.
The single-aisle aircraft has been billed as China's answer to the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 as the nation aims to take on western airlines.
The
C919 flight is Beijing's first step toward independence from Boeing and
Airbus as it attempts to replace all 6,000-6,800 of its western
aircraft at a cost of around $1 trillion.
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