Picture atAirbus expects that an incident which damaged the first A321neo test aircraft will delay the certification campaign by a few weeks.
The airframer’s chief executive, Fabrice Bregier, told that the aircraft suffered a tail-strike during landing at Perpignan.
“It touched the runway. But it’s repairable,” he says, pointing out that the aircraft was able to be ferried back to Toulouse.
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but do not expect to see much...
EAS SERVICES accueille une équipe d'AIRBUS pour procéder à quelques vérifications sur l'A321N D-AVXB, immobilisé depuis le 12/02/16 1045z, à l'issue de la séance de touch-and-go AIB04XB: