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Airbus crisis: did Martino foresee?

Rome, Italy - In 2001 the Italian Defense Minister blocked the Country's support to A-400M consortium

As for A-380 scandal, which leaded to resignation of the two EADS top managers, Noel Forgeard and Gustav Humbert (see AVIONEWS for details), the Italian newspaper, "L’Opinione", recalls that in 2001 the Defense Minister, Antonio Martino, blocked the Italian support to the consortium for the building of another Airbus product, the A-400M military transport aircraft, which is still in building phase t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 144063
Rome, Italy, 07/05/2006 13:56
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