PARIS: PICTURE - Wingtip hit grounds A380 demonstration flight

A380 wing damage

Airbus has scrapped plans for the flying display of its A380 superjumbo jet at the Paris air show after the aircraft’s wingtip "touched a structure" during ground manoeuvres at the Le Bourget airport. The airframer stated the incident on A380 flight test aircraft, MSN 004, occurred near taxiway "Victor" ...

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