Le C919, le premier avion «made in China" prend son envol !
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00:00 the first plane "Made in China" takes off.
00:02 The C919, the first Chinese-made aircraft,
00:05 will make its first flight outside mainland China on December 16.
00:10 Designed by Comac, this aircraft can accommodate 168 passengers
00:14 and can cover 5,555 km in one step.
00:18 But can it compete with Boeing and Airbus?
00:20 The two giants occupy 98% of the Chinese aeronautical market
00:24 and 85% of the world market.
00:27 Behind the "Made in China" label,
00:29 many essential elements to the assembly of the aircraft
00:32 are actually of foreign origin.
00:34 The tires are, for example, made by Michelin.
00:36 The brakes, the wheels, as well as the flight controls
00:39 would have been provided by the American Honeywell.
00:42 The project began in 2008
00:44 with its first experimental flight in 2017.
00:47 Today, the C919 is more than 1,200 commands.
00:51 The China Eastern Airlines company
00:53 has already bought 5 C919 aircraft
00:56 and announced that it would order 100 additional models
00:59 for a value of $ 10 billion.
01:01 Comac is preparing and plans to produce 150 aircraft per year.
01:05 The goal for Beijing?
01:06 To obtain a fifth of the world's aeronautical market by 2035.
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