Airbus A400M crash, May 9, 2015 (4 killed), Seville-San P...
Airbus A400M accident on May 9, 2015 near Seville-San Pablo, Andalusia, Spain with 4 fatalities. Cause: Airbus: incorrectly installed engine control...
- Date: May 9, 2015
- Aircraft: Airbus A400M
- Location: Seville-San Pablo, Andalusia, Spain
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Airbus: incorrectly installed engine control software during final assembly caused the engine failure and crash, according to an early statement by an Airbus official. The official investigation outcome was not found in the sources read.
On 9 May 2015 a brand new Airbus A400M (EC 403) on its first post assembly test flight from Seville took off with three of its four engines stuck at high power. The crew reduced power to idle and tried to return, but the aircraft struck power lines on approach, stalled and crashed in a field 1.6 km north of the airport. Four of the six people on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.