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A-380 Glitched


Pictured: An Air France Airbus A380-861 over New York – John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK)
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Contact photographer Amrish Bandagale

What: Air France Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jet scheduled from New York to Paris
Where: New York
When: Monday
Who: 511 passengers
Why: Prior to take-off, half of the passengers were accommodated by a later A340 flight, and the rest were moved to other flights.

The A340 was grounded in New York due to a problem with the fuel tanks (cited as a “technical” problem.)

Another A380 was grounded due to an unspecified “minor computer problem.”

Are we surprised to hear that fly-by-wire is imperfect?

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