China’s 5th C919 jet completes first test flight
By Yu Jianbin
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A new prototype of China's domestically built passenger plane completed its first test flight after touching down in East China's Shanghai Thursday.

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(Photos: provided to People's Daily)

The jet took off from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport and flew about one-and-a-half hours, becoming the fifth prototype of China’s C919 narrow-body jet to enter the test stage.

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), the state-owned aerospace manufacturer, said the fifth jet focuses on tests involving severe weather conditions like high temperatures and extreme coldness.

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(Compiled by Chen Lidan)