The French and Spanish defense ministers Sunday showed their support to the European aerospace group Airbus, calling for “do not jump to conclusions” following the crash of a military transport plane A400M Spain. “France today has six A400M who have accumulated over 1,700 flight hours of extremely powerful way. It is a device of very high quality,” said Jean-Yves Le Drian told the press, after a meeting in Lorient (west) with his German, Spanish and Polish.
The company Airbus “represents the European military industry, it is essential that we show our support and our support for the efforts it leads to pull clear at this incident, “stressed the Spanish Minister Pedro Morenés. “We can not rush an investigation of this magnitude, it will take time it will take,” added Mr. Morenés, saying “extremely important not to arrive at hasty conclusions.” “We must not fall into the easy criticism of a company that has proven extremely dynamic so far, a formidable competitor in its field,” he insisted.
For reasons yet unexplained, an A400M crashed Saturday during a test flight near Seville in southern Spain, leaving four dead and two seriously injured. This is the first fatal accident of this new European military transport aircraft manufactured in Seville.
Germany, Britain and Turkey have immobilized their A400M since the accident. France has maintained flights “priority operations”.
Also present in Lorient, the German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, has offered the expertise of its countries to analyze the causes of the accident and find a solution to any problems identified. Saturday’s crash Represented a new blow to the A400M program, “technological marvel” according to Mr Le Drian, but who accumulated delays and additional costs, and difficulties in meeting delivery deadlines.
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