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Ethiopian Airlines considers COMAC C919 instead of Boeing 737 MAX 8
The African carrier has formed a joint committee with the Chinese manufacturer to examine the suitability of the aircraft to the Ethiopian fleet. (airlinerwatch.com) Más...If that was the case they would be looking at the A320. Looking at the C919 is probably because Ethiopia is heavily in debt to China via their Belt and Road program where China builds major infrastructure and expects those countries to pay back that debt. Selling terrible airplanes is a good way to recoup those costs.
Never heard of C919 crashing have you?
i've never heard of one flying for more than 20 minutes, without scaring the sht out of the pilots due to high vibration, them landing, and getting fired for landing, due to the loss of face by the chief of pilots.
have you?
it has been on the drawing board for over ten years.
but why discuss the C919 when we can talk about hypersonic aircraft they have built and flown?
the MC21 has been on the drawing board for over ten years. but rooskie planes crash all the time. you just DON'T hear about them.
have you?
it has been on the drawing board for over ten years.
but why discuss the C919 when we can talk about hypersonic aircraft they have built and flown?
the MC21 has been on the drawing board for over ten years. but rooskie planes crash all the time. you just DON'T hear about them.
Paul,
I've followed their fighter development a little bit, but I hadn't actually read anything about flight testing the airliner (which is apparently much further behind than I imagined). The mental picture it paints, I can't help but feel bad for those test pilots getting fired for kissing the ground.
I had to fess up because your comment is such an absolute masterpiece in frustration.... it made me feel guilty.
I was kidding, because the idea of china's first crack at an airliner being safer is totally absurd. Sorry about that.
I've followed their fighter development a little bit, but I hadn't actually read anything about flight testing the airliner (which is apparently much further behind than I imagined). The mental picture it paints, I can't help but feel bad for those test pilots getting fired for kissing the ground.
I had to fess up because your comment is such an absolute masterpiece in frustration.... it made me feel guilty.
I was kidding, because the idea of china's first crack at an airliner being safer is totally absurd. Sorry about that.
a more perfect safety record there is not...
Or shorter? How many in the air and how many years type certified? Statistics actually work when you know what you are looking at...
I was being sarcastic. The idea of China's (or anyone else's) first try at building an airliner being safer than any boeing or airbus currently in service is a joke.
OOP! sorry.
As scary as it may be, some people around here aren't joking.
So no need to apologize.
So no need to apologize.