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China's second homemade COMAC C919 passenger plane is making its first trial flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Sunday.

It came seven months after the first C919 passenger plane took a maiden flight in Shanghai on May 5.

The first home-developed large passenger plane has gained another 785 orders, according to the latest number provided by Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd, the manufacturer of the C919.

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