China completes maiden flight of world's largest unmanned cargo plane

China completed the maiden flight of its W5000, believed to be the world's largest unmanned cargo plane, in an area north of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. W5000 consists of 2,20,000 components, all produced domestically. It took off at full engine power, with its flaps set to eight degrees, and climbed to 1,000 metres at 220 km/hour.