CHINA-CHONGQING-EVTOL-AIRCRAFT-FIRST FLIGHT (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-EVTOL-AIRCRAFT-FIRST FLIGHT (CN)

Xinhua
06 Feb 2026, 20:16 GMT+

(260206) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This undated video screenshot shows an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed by the ninth academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It completed its maiden flight in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Feb. 6, 2026. TO GO WITH "China's space industry-developed eVTOL aircraft completes first flight" (Xinhua)

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