China’s first domestically produced passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight

[Still Waters]

China’s first domestically produced passenger jet took off on its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation’s decades-long effort to compete with western rivals in the air.

Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, though many of its parts are sourced from abroad.

Its first homegrown jetliner with mass commercial potential would also cut the country’s reliance on foreign technology as ties with the West deteriorate.

China Eastern Airlines flight MU9191 rose into the skies above Shanghai Hongqiao Airport on Sunday morning, footage from CCTV showed. The plane is carried over 130 passengers, the broadcaster said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/28/chinas-first-domestically-produced-passenger-jet-makes-maiden-commercial-flight

[Buzz_Light_Year]

Well I sure hope they didn't build it with the same bolts that they sell to us.

[acidhead]

Another week another first for China domestically 

 

[acidhead]

 

[openozy]

If they are anything like the garbage Great Wall utes they make I wouldn't fly on it.