Although China hopes to cut its reliance on foreign technology, many of the C919’s parts are sourced from overseas
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.
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. The aircraft is manufactured by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China , but many of its parts – including its engines – are sourced from overseas.
Zhang Yujin, COMAC’s deputy general manager, told state-backed Shanghai outlet The Paper in January that the company had taken about 1,200 orders for the C919.
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