China’s Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) successfully completed the maiden flight of the high-altitude variant of its C919 passenger aircraft on Wednesday (July 29, 2026), marking another key milestone in the expansion of the country’s indigenous commercial aircraft program.
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