United Kingdom, Germany and Turkey decided to freeze its Airbus A400M awaiting the results of the investigation into the accident Saturday in Seville, the first of its military transport plane, in which four people died.
The survivors of the accident, a mechanic and an engineer were in serious but stable condition at two hospitals in Seville.
The plane, which was to be delivered to the Turkish army in June, crashed in a field north of the airport of the city, after hitting a power line while apparently attempting an emergency landing .
Two farmers and a passer-by who were near the airport when the plane crashed rushed to the unit and helped pull the two survivors from the windows, said the president of the Andalusian regional government, Susana Diaz . “What to do in times like this is to acknowledge the generosity of example and attitude of the three citizens, it has to be recognized by the society,” said Diaz.
“Chatting with Manuel, the farmer who saved the wounded A400M in Seville. A hero for all of us,” he wrote, for his part, Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, on Twitter, along a photo that appeared to man.
– Aircraft ground –
The A400M, art apparatus, performing a test flight when it crashed. Is the first accident of the plane, a mastodon with propellers over five meters in diameter, assembled at the headquarters of Airbus Military in Seville.
Germany, United Kingdom and Turkey decided to temporarily freeze its Airbus A400M, awaiting to be determined what happened. France, first customer of the European aircraft, has refused, meanwhile, to ground the six devices you own. “There are elements that require us to stop our A400 fleet,” said Colonel Jean-Pascal Breton, air force spokesman.
Malaysia, which received its first A400M in March, has not yet communicated their intentions. It is estimated that there are twelve such aircraft has six outstanding-France, the UK and Turkey, two, and Germany and Malaysia, one said.
The Spanish Civil Guard opened an investigation into the causes of the accident, and the European manufacturer Airbus sent a team of experts to help the authorities. Researchers may have recordings of the black boxes of the device.
– accumulating problems –
The accident is a hard bump to the plane that was to be the jewel of European military cooperation, but the problems accumulated since the launch of the program in 2003. The A400M should meet the needs of the armies of their first seven customers Germany, France, Spain, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg and Turkey and also provide jobs for their industries.
So, instead of buying an engine on the market, governments insisted order one to a European consortium, EPI, made by the French Snecma, Rolls Royce British, Spanish and German ITP MTU, which contributed to the delay of four years of the project, according to Airbus.
In 2010, Airbus was about to throw in the towel. Thomas Enders, CEO of the builder, had then threatened to abandon the program if no launch countries agree to share the additional costs of 6,200 million euros, ie 30% of the initial budget.
From the first deliveries, the A400M raised criticism among its clients.
Airbus in January presented his apologies to the UK for delays in delivering aircraft.
A total of 174 A400M have been ordered so far, including 50 for France, 53 for Germany, 27 for Spain and 22 for UK.
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