The Chinese state-owned aircraft company The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), which was established in Shanghai to reduce China’s dependence on Airbus and Boeing companies, announced that they have completed the test flight of the first C919 type airliner to be delivered. China’s domestic airliner took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 06:52 am local time and landed in the same area at 09:54 am. During the flight that lasted for a total of 3 hours and 2 minutes, it was stated that all missions were successfully accomplished.
China’s domestic airliner completes its test flight
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