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China's C919 jet completes 3rd test flight

November 06, 2017


Abstract : China's large passenger aircraft, the C919, completed its third test flight Friday that lasted three hours and 48 minutes.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's large passenger aircraft, the C919, completed its third test flight Friday that lasted three hours and 48 minutes.

The aircraft took off at 7:38 a.m. from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and reached an altitude of 3,000 meters.

A second C919 jet had its engines switched on for the first time Thursday night, before taxiing test and a maiden flight.

With a standard range of 4,075 kilometers, the C919 is comparable with the updated Airbus 320 and Boeing's new generation 737.

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