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Airbus tests A-400M transport aircraft reliability with 5 flights

Toulouse, France - Plane must reach 300 flight hours to get EASA certification

Airbus Military has begun late the test series denominated "Functionality & Reliability (F&R) on its A-400M aircraft, utilizing the 6th production-standard, called MSN6 (Manufacture Serial Number 6), and today performed 5 flights. The test programme suffered some delays because of a vibrations problem pointed out on one of the four MSN6's Europrop International TP400-D6 turboprop engines: Airbus'...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1141863
Rome, Italy, 06/07/2012 18:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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