China's
C919 passenger plane makes maiden flight
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China's Comac company says
it plans to produce 150 C919s annually in five years
China's first domestically
produced passenger jet has taken off on its maiden commercial flight.
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.
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