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A-350 XWB aircraft aft fuselage delivered to final assembly line

Toulouse, France - 20 metre long

Airbus has delivered the aft fuselage for the A-350 XWB airplane static test airframe to the final assembly line in Toulouse (France). This final section of the fuselage will be assembled with the front and centre fuselage sections which were joined up in early April. Assembled at its site in Hamburg (Germany), the 20 metre long carbon fibre aft fuselage is made up of the rear fuselage barrel, produced...

fra/pec - 1140033
Rome, Italy, 04/29/2012 17:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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