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Airbus A380 completes maiden flight

www.chinanews.cn 2005-04-28 09:18:34

(Source: Xinhuanet)

The world's biggest airliner, the Airbus A380 double-decker, successfully
took off on its maiden flight Wednesday at the Airbus headquarters
outside of the city of Toulouse in southern France. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

TOULOUSE, France, April 27 - The world's biggest airliner, the Airbus
A380 double-decker, landed safely Wednesday on the runway of the
Toulouse-Blagnac airport, the Airbus headquarters in southwestern France.
The landing of the giant plane at 1222 GMT after a flight of almost four
hours is witnessed by some 40,000 spectators.
The plane carried six crew members -- two pilots Jacques Rosay and Claude
Lelaie and four test engineers -- plus 22 tons of onboard test
instruments, including work stations to monitor in-flight data and other
parameters.
According to Airbus, the prototype plane weighed 421 tons and its maximum
takeoff weight is 560 tons.

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