Second C919 passenger plane takes test flight in Shanghai

<p style="white-space: normal;"><br/></p><p style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial; line-height: 28.8px; color: rgb(165, 165, 165); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[Video: Xinhua]</span></p><p style="white-space: normal;">China&#39;s second homemade COMAC C919 passenger plane is making its first trial flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Sunday.<br/></p><p style="white-space: normal;">It came seven months after the first C919 passenger plane took a maiden flight in Shanghai on May 5.</p><p style="white-space: normal;">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.</p><p style="white-space: normal;"><img src="https://imedia-peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/up/cms/www/201811/07171117c1p5.jpg" title="timg.jpg" alt="timg.jpg"/></p><p style="white-space: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(165, 165, 165);">File photo</span></p><div><span style="color: rgb(165, 165, 165);"><br/></span></div><p><br/></p>