C919 will carry out more than 100 hours of empty aircraft verification test flight.

Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com, December 9 news, as the world's first user of the domestic large aircraft C919, China Eastern Airlines officially received the world's first aircraft numbered Bmuri 919A this morning, taking a key "first step" in market operation, and is expected to put into commercial passenger operation as early as the spring of 2023.

According to CCTV news, in order to meet the needs of the delivery and follow-up operation of the C919, China Eastern Airlines specially set up the C919 Flight Department in the Shanghai Flight Department, and the first batch of nine experienced and skilled captains were selected to join them. They can also be said to be the first batch of C919 civil aviation pilots.

The picture learned from the CCTV News CTOnews.com that the first crew training for the C919 includes aircraft overview, cabin interior explanation, doors, slides, emergency exits, emergency equipment, guidelines for abnormal procedures, crew resource management, water projects, practical operation assessment, and so on.

China Eastern Airlines plans to complete the C919 verification flight in the first quarter of 2023. At present, China Eastern Airlines has prepared 5 pilots, 24 flight attendants and more than 30 engineers, enough to meet the initial verification flight requirements. In addition, in order to verify the safe operation capability of the C919 in a large range and high frequency, China Eastern Airlines has also selected several typical airports as verification flight sites, including Beijing Capital, Beijing Daxing, Haikou, Nanchang and so on.