Izikhulu zezindiza zaseChina zimemezele ukuthi indiza yokuqala entsha enomzimba omncane i-C919 ebihlelelwe ukulethwa, iphothule indiza yayo yokuqala yokuhlola.
Uhlelo lokuthuthukisa i-C919 lwethulwa ngo-2008. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-prototype kwaqala ngoDisemba 2011, ne-prototype yokuqala isilungile ngomhla ka-2 Novemba 2015 futhi yaba nendiza yayo yokuqala ngomhla ka-5 Meyi 2017.
Ukukhiqizwa kwezindiza kukhungethwe izinkinga zokuthola izitifiketi njengoba imithetho eqinile yase-US yokuthumela ngaphandle ibambezele ukuthunyelwa kwezingxenye ezisele.
Indiza entsha indiza, ekhiqizwe umkhiqizi wombuso i-Commercial Aircraft Corp. yase-China (COMAC), yasuka e-Shanghai International Pudong Airport ngo-6:52am futhi yehla ngokuphepha ngo-9:54am.
I-COMAC ithe ukuhlolwa kuqede imisebenzi ehleliwe kanye nendiza, eyokuqala eyenziwe ekhaya Izindiza ze-C919 izolethwa, yenziwe kahle futhi ibisesimweni esihle, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi sayo esisemthethweni.
Indiza entsha ye-C919 izolethwa China Eastern Airlines.
I-China Eastern kanye ne-COMAC basayine inkontileka yokuthenga ye-C919 e-Shanghai ngoMashi 1.
Njengamanje, amalungiselelo okuhlolwa kwendiza nokulethwa kwendiza enkulu ye-C919 aqhubeka ngendlela ehlelekile, kusho inkampani.
UWu Yongliang, iphini lemenenja jikelele yakwaCOMAC, uthe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka indiza izolethwa ekhasimendeni ngo-2022.
I-C919, okuyijeliner yokuqala yaseChina eyazakhela yona, inezihlalo ezingu-158-168 kanye nobubanzi obungu-4,075-5,555 km. Indiza yenza indiza yayo yokuqala eyimpumelelo ngo-2017. Kusukela ngo-2019, amaphrojekthi ezindiza ayisithupha e-C919 aqhube izindiza zawo zokuhlola.
NgoZibandlela wezi-2020, indiza yangena ohlelweni lwesitifiketi sokufaneleka kwendiza ye-Civil Aviation Administration yaseChina.
Kuze kube manje, i-COMAC isithole ama-oda angu-815 e-C919 kumakhasimende angama-28 emhlabeni wonke.