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China's new electric passenger plane has taken to the skies with flying colors, completing its first manned flight.

The 10-tonne aircraft flew over Binzhou, east China's Shandong Province, where two pilots and a flight test engineer took it for a spin on Saturday.

Developed by COMAC – the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China – the CE-25A is the company's first electric commercial aircraft. Designed primarily for short-haul intercity flights, it can carry up to 19 passengers at a cruising speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

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