Highlights 1 China's first home-grown passenger jet completed its maiden flight on Friday. This is a moment we have waited to see for a very long time," Wang Mingfeng, 42, who witnessed the maiden flight at the Shanghai airport, told Reuters. The plane, which can carry 158-168 passengers, had no passenger seats installed for the maiden flight. A letter from China's ministerial cabinet, read out after the plane landed, said the successful flight marked a "major breakthrough" and milestone for China's passenger jet industry. It made its maiden passenger flight in June last year.

Source: India Today May 05, 2017 15:20 UTC