China Welcomes Airbus and Boeing Passenger Competitor, the C919 – Video

It’s been in the preps since Mao was around, back in the 1970s, but the communist country did not manage to deliver until now. A Chinese narrow-body jet that can seat 168 passengers has now rolled off the assembly line, starting a new economic competition in the aviation industry between the Asian giant and the West. It may seem like a small deal for some, but China’s new airliner is not just the first big passenger p…