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Engine problem for A-400M plane, German minister has to change aircraft

Kaunas, Lithuania - The inconvenience happened yesterday. German Army had just said they wanted to order more A-400Ms than those already planned

German minister of defence Ursula von der Leyen was coming back from Lithuania -where she went to see the German military contingent stationed in the Baltic Country- when she was obliged to change her plane because of a technical failure to the engines of the A-400M that was supposed to fly her back. The inconvenience was reported on Tuesday by the same minister. According to military sources the aircraft...

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Rome, Italy, 02/08/2017 17:40
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