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A-380 test flight fails

Toulouse, France - It turned back after half an hour because of landing gears problems

A test flight of the A-380, which left yesterday at 7 am from Toulouse headed to Tozeur, Southern Tunisia, turned back after about half an hour. Electronic sensors signalled a possible damage in the aircraft’s landing gear ports. Misfortune of the Airbus program for the largest commercial airplane in the world seems endless, after delays in deliveries that caused enormous losses to EADS, the European G...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147802
Rome, Italy, 08/30/2006 12:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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