Authorities Approve Of A380 Evacuation Test

The European Aviation Safety Agency and the U.S. FAA approved of the Airbus A380 evacuation test, Airbus said this week. The aircraft will be certified to a maximum of 853 passengers, following the successful evacuation of 873 people on board in 79 seconds. To pass the test, all test passengers were...

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