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First A-330/800 plane completes its maiden flight

Development on track for its certification in 2019

The first A-330/800 development aircraft to fly, MSN1888, has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France at 2:35pm local time of today after successfully completing its first flight which lasted four hours and four minutes. The airplane, the second member of the A-330neo Family, is powered by the latest technology Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 turbofans. The crew in the cockpit comprised: Experimental Test Pilots...

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Toulouse, France, 11/06/2018 16:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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