An Airbus A400M military transport plane crashed on 9 May 2015: Malaysia has 1, awaits remaining 3.

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Airbus shares fell by 4.3% as authorities investigate what caused its A400M to crash in Spain http://tdy.sg/1GYFmm9

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May 11, 2015

MADRID (Spain) — Investors pushed Airbus shares down today (May 11) on Paris’ stock exchange after a military turboprop troop transporter plane undergoing final flight testing in Spain crashed, killing four aboard and injuring two.

Airbus shares were down 4.3 per cent to €60.67 euros (S$90.40) as authorities investigated what caused the A400M to crash into a farm field Saturday after taking off from Seville, where the planes are assembled.

The company planned to hold a moment of silence for the dead at all of its installations around the world, Airbus said.

http://www.todayonline.com/business/airbus-shares-fall-after-military-plane-crash-spain

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In 2005, Malaysia ordered four A400Ms, and received delivery of the first aircraft on March 9.

theSundaily

Spain crash: Hishamuddin confirms suspension of military airbus

KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein today confirmed that Malaysia has temporarily halted the operations of its military Airbus A400M fleet following a crash involving the transport carrier during a test flight in Seville, Spain last Saturday.

“Yes, (we) grounded ours till we know more,” Hishammuddin said in his Twitter reply to a Bernama reporter, here today.

According to the Reuters news agency, an A400M military transport plane crashed outside Seville during the weekend, killing four members of the test crew and seriously injuring two others.

The incident prompted Malaysia, Germany, Britain and Turkey to ground their fleets of the new troop and cargo carrier.

http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1414022

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Yahoo! News

May 9, 2015

(Reuters) – An Airbus A400M Atlas military plane crashed outside Seville on Saturday, killing four people in the first accident for Europe’s large new troop and cargo carrier

Here are some details on the transporter, whose development represents Europe’s largest single defense contract.

OVERVIEW

Europe’s A400M Atlas was designed to exploit a gap between the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules and the larger jet-powered Boeing C-17 Globemaster, both of which are older.

Powered by the West’s largest turboprop engines, the plane is designed to lift 37 tonnes compared with the Hercules’ payload of 21 tonnes and the C-17’s 75 tonnes.

The plane cost some 20 billion euros to develop and build. It ran significantly over budget and was around three and a half years late when it entered service in 2013.
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Exports:

Malaysia 4

* Germany reduced its order to 53 from 60

** Britain reduced its order to 22 from 25
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SAFETY RECORD

Saturday’s crash is the first accident involving the A400M, but after its first flight in Seville in December 2009, people familiar with the project said pilots had encountered an engine problem that delayed the landing on its maiden trip.

For full details:

http://news.yahoo.com/facbox-airbus-a400m-military-transport-plane-184451905–finance.html

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