Airbus A400M military transporter crashes on test flight, killing four

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Sat May 9, 2015 9:54pm EDT

Airbus A400M military transporter crashes on test flight, killing four

SEVILLE, SPAIN | BY MARCELO DEL POZO

An Airbus (AIR.PA) A400M military transport plane crashed outside Seville on Saturday, killing four test crew and prompting Britain and Germany to ground Europe's new troop and cargo carrier.

The aircraft was due to be delivered to another NATO customer, Turkey, and was on its maiden test flight when it crashed in a field one mile (1.6 km) north of Seville's San Pablo airport. It was the first ever crash of an A400M.

Airbus said four Spanish employees had been killed and two surviving crew were in hospital in serious condition.

The newspaper El Pais said the crew had detected a fault and asked permission to land, but hit an electricity pylon while attempting an emergency landing.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/10/us-spain-crash-idUSKBN0NU0GK20150510

[Historic NY]

1. Well thats not such a good start in modern day aviation...

hope they find the cause of the (Fault).