Fifth C919 jet completes maiden test flight

C919大型客機105架機順利完成首次試飛

The fifth prototype of China's large passenger airliner C919 has completed its maiden flight recently in Shanghai.

國產大飛機C919 第五架飛機近日在上海完成了首次試飛。

• 英語原文

The domestically made trunk jet took off at around 10:00 a.m. on Oct 29th from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and returned after 1 hour and 37 minutes.

The prototype is mainly undertaking tests covering temperature tolerance, the environment control system, electricity generation and full-aircraft draining.

The C919 completed a maiden flight in Shanghai on May 5, 2017.

With many test flight missions accomplished, the jumbo jet plans to get an airworthiness certificate from the country's civil aviation authorities in 2021.

According to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, the manufacturer, the twin-engine narrow-body trunk jetliner will benchmark against Boeing and Airbus airliners as it goes into operation.

The manufacturer has so far received more than 800 orders for the C919 planes and one more test flight is expected this year.

• 漢語原文

中國自主研制的C919干線飛機于10月29日上午10點從上海浦東國際機場起飛，1小時37分鐘后返航并平穩降落。105架機主要承擔高溫高寒等特殊氣象條件，以及環控、電源、全機排液等相關科目的試飛任務。C919的首架飛機于2017年5月5日首次試航，目前已經完成了多次試飛。國產大飛機計劃于2021年完成適航取證。中國商飛表示這架雙引擎客機正式運營后將對標波音和空客飛機。中國商飛已經接到超過800架的訂單，今年還將進行一次試飛。

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