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Airbus: A-350XWB airplane undertakes "Water ingestion" tests
Toulouse, France - The testing is progressing on track and finished in Q3
Airbus has successfully performed certification testing to demonstrate the A-350 XWB aircraft’s ability to operate on wet runways. During these tests at Istres, France, the flight-test airplane, MSN004, travelled through troughs containing at least 22mm of water depth, at a variety of speeds, starting at 60kts, and successively increasing to around 140kts. This test validates how the aircraft w...
fra/pec - 1160083
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency