The C919 aircraft program was launched in 2008 but faced numerous regulatory and technical setbacks, including US export controls China’s first domestically produced narrow-body jet, the C919, successfully completed its maiden commercial flight on Sunday. The trip from Shanghai to Beijing became a milestone in Beijing’s decade-long attempt to challenge the global aircraft manufacturing majors.
Agents engaged the group in a firefight while they were trying to enter Bryansk Region, Russia’s Security Service (FSB) claims Several Ukrainian saboteurs were intercepted on Sunday while trying to enter Russia, according to the FSB security service. Four members of the group were killed in a firefight, the agency said.