China's homegrown large passenger plane C919 takes off from Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 10, 2017. The Chinese-produced large passenger jet started its first long-distance test flight Friday morning. With five crew members onboard, the plane flied from Shanghai to the Yanliang Testing Base in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
SHANGHAI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-produced large passenger jet, C919, started its first long-distance test flight on Friday morning.
With five crew members onboard, the plane took off in Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 11:38 a.m. on Friday and flied to Yanliang Testing Base in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
In Yanliang, it will undergo further testing.
