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China’s electric airliner era starts with a 19-seat plane and 400 km of range
COMAC's 19-seat CE-25A electric plane made its first crewed flight in China after 19 autonomous tests, as certification review gets underway.
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China’s COMAC CE‑25A, a 19‑seat battery‑electric commuter aircraft, completed its first crewed flight on Saturday in Binzhou, Shandong. The roughly 10‑tonne demonstrator carried two pilots and a flight test engineer, and COMAC reported that all systems operated normally during the flight. This flight follows earlier uncrewed test runs, marking the next step toward commercial certification for the electric airliner.
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