Spain investigates plane crash, while several countries immobilized … – Univision

“There are elements that require us to stop our A400 fleet”

The Spanish Ministry of Public Works reported that these recorders have been delivered a judge and they have “significant damage caused by strong impact and subsequent fire” of the device.

The holder of that Ministry, Ana Pastor, chaired on Sunday a coordination meeting on the accident, in which there were representatives of Defense.

Panels of air accident investigation of both departments are collaborating in the clarification of what happened.

The judicial investigation of the case leads a judge of Seville, now have to analyze the contents of the two voice recorders located, according to legal sources.

The incident took place at about 11:00 on Saturday when the military transport aircraft being tested plunged to the ground in a field area just over a kilometer from Seville airport .

At least four people were killed Saturday in the crash of a military cargo plane A400M.

The six crew of the plane are staff of Airbus, all of them Spanish.

The crashed machine had to be delivered to Turkey, which is one of seven European countries participating in the A400M program.

In addition to the four killed, two seriously injured in the crash of Sevilla, an engineer and a mechanic, were reported “stable within the seriousness” this Sunday after being tapped.

On Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, was one of the first to announce the news reporters from the Atlantic archipelago of the Canary Islands, where he was to participate in a rally for regional and municipal elections on May 24.

After talking to the leader of the Socialist Party, the main opposition party, Pedro Sanchez, announced the decision to suspend all campaign events planned for Saturday. Other formations, such as pop can, left, and Citizens center-supported the initiative in mourning.

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The head of the Spanish government, Mariano Rajoy.

Rajoy and the Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, traveled to Seville in the afternoon.

This Sunday, the Spanish authorities appreciated the attitude of three people who helped rescue the two survivors of military aircraft.

” Chatting with Manuel, the farmer who saved the wounded A400M in Seville. A hero to us all, “wrote Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Twitter, along with a photo in which he appeared with man.

Manuel and two other people who were close to the airport when the plane crashed rushed to the unit and helped pull the two survivors out of windows, according to the Spanish press.

“What to do in times like this is to acknowledge the exemplary and generosity of the attitude of the three citizens, it has to be recognized by society,” he said for his part the president of the government of the region of Andalusia (south), Susana Diaz.

Nations immobilize its A400M

United Kingdom, Germany and Turkey decided to freeze its Airbus A400M awaiting the results of the investigation.

“There are elements that require us to stop our A400 fleet,” said Colonel Jean-Pascal Breton, army spokesman air.

Malaysia, which received its first A400M in March, has not yet communicated their intentions. There are an estimated 12 aircraft of this type in circulation. France has six, the UK and Turkey, two, and Germany and Malaysia, one

The accident is a blow 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 seven first customers –Alemania, France, Spain, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg and Turquía– and work to its

industries.

So, instead of buying an engine on the market, governments insisted order one to a European consortium, EPI, made by the French Snecma, the British Rolls-Royce, the Spanish German MTU and ITP, 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.

In total, They have ordered 174 A400M so far, including 50 for France, 53 for Germany, 27 for Spain and 22 for UK.

Spain defends the credibility

In this regard, the Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés, asked not is made of the incident “an analysis of the credibility of Airbus”.

In a ceremony held in Lorient, northern France, for commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of that city, the minister stressed that the investigation “must be extremely rigorous and can not obey reasons of time or urgency.”

“I pray to wait for the conclusion of the investigation to know what was the cause of the accident and meanwhile remain calm so as not to attack a very large industrial organization that has proven in other areas their skills and know-how, “he said.

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