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Airbus Industrie Flight 129

1994 in FranceAccidents and incidents involving the Airbus A330AirbusAirliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot errorAviation accidents and incidents in 1994
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Airbus Industrie Flight 129 was an Airbus Industrie A330-321 test flight that ended in a crash on 30 June 1994 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, killing all seven people aboard. The last test flown was to certify the plane's takeoff capability with a single engine failure. It was the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A330 as well as the first hull loss of the type. It remained the only fatal accident involving an A330 until the crash of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009.

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