Airbus today completed the first media flight on the A380 without any major hitches but the event was not totally blunder free.
Several oxygen masks accidentally became deployed at takeoff and landing, capturing the attention of television crews including CNN. Airbus technicians quickly responded by re-installing the oxygen masks (see picture), explaining the masks had been tested on the previous flight.
Journalists descended on Toulouse today as Airbus for the first time took the wraps off an A380 with a completed cabin.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has becoming one of the first Asian carriers to join the growing debate over the aviation industry's impact on the environment.
At SIA's annual parliamentary reception at the House of Commons in London yesterday, general manager of UK and Ireland Marvin Tan told politicians, reporters and industry partners that SIA advocates "an integrated approach to managing the industry's impact on the environment".
"We need to do our bit, but we must also keep the scope of the problem in perspective," Tan says, pointing out the aviation industry's contribution to carbon emissions is only about 2% of the world's total.
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