USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
Home / China

Couple crosses Atlantic Ocean in Chinese-made aircraft

By Tian Xuefei and Zhou Huiying in Harbin | China Daily | Updated: 2017-04-15 07:29

A couple with a penchant for adventure has successfully flown over the Atlantic Ocean in a Chinese-made plane.

Zhang Xinyu, 40, and his wife Liang Hong, 38, took off from Fortaleza Airport in Brazil and successfully landed at Playa Airport in the Cape Verde Islands after nearly nine hours of flying on Sunday.

The 2,700-kilometer flight was the longest nonstop leg for the couple, who began their 80,000-kilometer round-the-world journey in a Y-12 aircraft at the beginning of the year.

Couple crosses Atlantic Ocean in Chinese-made aircraft

Today's Top News

Editor's picks

Most Viewed

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US