The Airbus A380 will not hold a demonstration at the Paris International Air Show next week after a wing tip of the display test aircraft was damaged in an incident today the company has said:
"During ground maneuvers with the Airbus A380 flight test aircraft MSN 004, the aircraft's right hand wing-tip touched a structure near the taxiway," at Le Bourget airport on Sunday afternoon, Airbus said in a statement.
"Airbus experts are currently inspecting the aircraft, but it is already confirmed that the A380 MSN 004 will not perform the flying display at the Le Bourget Air Show 2011," it said.
It was the second setback for Airbus ahead of the show which starts on Monday, after it announced earlier today that its A400M military transport plane will also not be in the display.
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| F-WWDD the Airbus A380-861 planned for use in the show © Ralf Meyermann on airliners.net |
Source: AFP
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