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"Paris Air Show", engine gearbox problem for the A-400M aircraft: it will not fly, but will remain on static display

Paris, France - No demonstration flights, during the event, also for A-380, due to the incident occurred yesterday

During a media conference held last Saturday, Domingo Urena, chief executive of Airbus Military, stated that due to an engine gearbox problem to the TP400-D6 copy of the A-400M -the four-turboprop tactical and strategic military aircraft developed by EADS/Airbus Military and currently under tests -another specimen of this model will not carry out demonstration flights, as it was scheduled, during the...

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Rome, Italy, 06/20/2011 14:52
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