The indigenously developed CE-25A completed a 16-minute test flight in Shandong as developers target sustainable short-haul regional connectivity.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy attributes the unprecedented flight disruption to contractor error during an infrastructure transition, ruling out cyber threats.
Flights in the United States were resuming on Saturday after being grounded for several hours due to a major communications outage, though authorities said returning to normal operations would take time.
Britain said on Tuesday that its military bases were safe, after the US removed huge refuelling aircraft from a British airbase following a reported threat from Iran, the second such apparent evacuation in three months.
