Indiza yesithathu yabagibeli eyenziwe yaseChina i-C919 iqede ngempumelelo indiza yayo yokuqala futhi yahlala ngokuphepha e-Shanghai Pudong International Airport ngoLwesihlanu ntambama.
Indiza yasuka ngemuva kuka-11 ekuseni futhi indiza yokuqala yathatha ihora elingu-1 nemizuzu engama-38.
Ngemuva kwendiza yentombazane, i-prototype izoqhuba izindiza zokuhlola edolobheni elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Xi'an, igxile ku-flutter, ukulungisa isivinini, umthwalo, ukulawula nokusebenza.
I-C919 yokuqala neyesibili yenza izindiza zayo zokuqala ngoMeyi nangoDisemba ngonyaka odlule, ngokulandelana. Njengamanje benza izindiza zokuhlola ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezihlukahlukene zaseChina.
Amanye ama-prototypes amathathu e-C919 ayakhiqizwa futhi kulindeleke ukuthi aqedele ukuhlolwa kwezindiza ngonyaka ozayo.
Ngobubanzi bamakhilomitha angu-4,075, indiza ye-C919 iqhathaniswa ne-Airbus 320 ebuyekeziwe kanye nesizukulwane esisha se-Boeing 737.
