China completes first crewed flight of its 10-tonne plane that runs on electricity

China's COMAC completed the first crewed flight of its CE-25A, an independently developed 10-tonne electric commercial aircraft, on Saturday. The plane carried two pilots and one flight-test engineer during the flight in eastern China. CE-25A has a cruising speed of 300 km/hour, a cruising altitude of 2,400 metres, a range of 400 kilometres and can carry 19 passengers.