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Old 24th Jul 2013, 23:52
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archae86
 
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A350 provision for parachute exit on initial test

The A350 first flight trials included crew parachutes and a specially altered cargo door modified to provide an escape pathway.

This suggests that the Airbus people did not like the odds of parachute exit being successful in an unmodified aircraft even under the risk-tolerant regime of first flights.
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