Installation of the onboard system in China's first large passenger jet, the C919, has begun at the Shanghai headquarters of the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC). (Photo/Jiefang Daily)
(ECNS) – Installation of the onboard system in China's first large passenger jet, the C919, has begun at the Shanghai headquarters of the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), the Jiefang Daily reported on Tuesday.
Onboard systems are an airplane's "nervous system" and "brain." Installation of the systems will involve repeated tests, which are being pushed ahead steadily, according to project managers.
The C919 will make its maiden test flight before the end of the year.
COMAC has received 57 new pledges for the C919, with 50 coming from Ping An International Leasing and seven from Puren Airlines, a German carrier owned by China's Puren Group, boosting the total number of orders to 507, the company said.
