Thread by @dintentdata

Chinese propaganda media outlet "Global Times" posted a video & published an article explaining how China built homemade commercial aircraft C919 and projected it as self-developed aircraft.

A Thread unveiling the facts about #C919 and exposing the Chinese media— (1/9)

Most of the components of C919 are reliant on foreign technology, such as the LEAP-1C engine for the C919 comes from CFM International, a joint venture between GE Aerospace of the US and Safran Aircraft Engines of France. (2/9)

Honeywell US-based industrial giant, supplies wheels and brakes, as well as flight control electronics, navigation packages and auxiliary power systems for the C919. (3/9)

Various aircraft systems—including in-flight entertainment, integrated communication, navigation, surveillance, and cabin core systems—come from Collins Aerospace, in the US. (4/9)

The High lift system comes from US-based designer & manufacturer Moog that includes all flap and slat actuation, pilot interfaces, electronic controls, power drive units, wing tip brakes, gearboxes and miscellaneous components. (5/9)

The C919's OE and RT tire supplier is Michelin, the French tire giant.

Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) are supplied by the US-headquartered Crane Aerospace and Electronics. (6/9)

German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr-Aerospace supplies the landing gear system and the integrated air management systems for the C919. (7/9)

InFlight Entertainment & Connectivity (IFEC) comes from Thales Paris, a French multinational company.

US-based Parker Aerospace provides Hydraulic, actuators and Fuel systems for the C919. (8/9)

So, when the disinformation factory Global Times declares C919 is China's Self-innovating high-end manufacturing, this is nothing other than an assembly job. When all the important and majority of a flight is foreign built, it can never be claimed as homemade.(9/9)