China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight
The C919 is China’s first domestically produced passenger jet to compete with Western rivals in the air. – AFP, May 28, 2023.
CHINA’S first domestically produced passenger jet, the C919, took off on its maiden commercial flight today, a milestone event in the nation’s decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air. China Eastern Airlines flight MU9191 rose into the skies above Shanghai Hongqiao Airport just after 10.30am , footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed.
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