Remarkable journey of China's C919 from blueprint to commercial flight

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Remarkable journey of China's C919 from blueprint to commercial flight

STORY: Remarkable journey of China's C919 from blueprint to commercial flight DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the C919 jetliner landing in Beijing on Sunday 2. various of the development and testing phases of the C919 STORYLINE: The C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, completed its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing on Sunday, marking its official entry into the civil aviation market. The C919 project was launched in 2007. Developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), the first C919 aircraft rolled off the production line in Shanghai in November 2015. The plane conducted a successful maiden flight in 2017. In the following years, the C919 conducted several test flights in different locations to test its capabilities. The C919 has gone through tests in various types of extreme natural environments including high temperature, high humidity, severe cold, gusts and free

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