A400M: Airbus crash probably due to software defects – Stuttgarter Nachrichten

Officially, the cause is not yet known for the crash of a military transport A400M early May. One thing is certain: Three of the four engines there were massive problems that led to the crash. However, the trigger of the accident is likely to be found on the ground.

Toulouse – The crash of a military transport Airbus A400M good three weeks was triggered by massive problems in three of the four engines of the aircraft. The evaluation of the data and cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage had revealed “that after starting the engines 1, 2 and 3″ frozen “,” Airbus writes in a press release on Wednesday – that at a certain speed remained and not the power more could be increased

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Try the crew to bring the settings back to normal were, been unsuccessful. According to media reports may have caused errors when working on the engines on the ground before flying the disaster because the software had not been playing as prescribed for the control. Airbus but no comments on these, pointing to the ongoing investigations

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If true, is probably a concatenation of individual errors the cause for the crash, which again brought the billion-dollar project A400M margins in the headlines – and not a fundamental error in the construction of the controversial flier. For Airbus that would be despite all the tragedy, after all, good news. In the crash near the airport of Sevilla on May 9 were four crew members were killed and two seriously injured

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The company declined overlooking the still ongoing investigation by the Spanish authorities any further comment, however. Pending resolution of the cause, among others, the only German A400M is a precaution on the ground. When the Spanish authorities will submit the final report, is open

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The users of the flier commended Airbus over a week after the accident in a Technical Note “the implementation of a one-time inspection checks the electronic engine control unit in each aircraft engine before the next flight.” The engines are produced by a consortium under the name Europrop belong to the next to the driving engine companies Rolls-Royce, the German MTU, the Spanish ITP and the French Snecma.

The Air Force had been the end of 2014 its first machine , From the outset, the development of the aircraft from political, financial and technical problems had hampered. Customer for the aircraft are still about France, Great Britain, Turkey and Malaysia. According to Airbus were by far 174 machines ordered to date 12 ships. The crashed on its maiden flight A400M was destined for Turkey and should be delivered in June

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