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Airbus: A-350XWB test aircraft enters Final Assembly Line (FAL)

Toulouse, France - It is the fifth and final plane

Assembly of MSN5, the fifth and final member of the A-350 XWB flight test fleet is now underway with the fuselage joining process. This follows the recent arrival of the three fuselage sections at the A-350 XWB final assembly line in Toulouse, France. MSN5 is the second of the A-350 flight test aircraft that will feature a passenger cabin. This airplane will fly for the first time in Spring 2014...

fra/pec - 1156273
Rome, Italy, 11/05/2013 21:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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