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A400M Atlas
A400M-1969.jpg
The second prototype A400M, Grizzly 2, at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow
Role Strategic/tactical airlift
Manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space
First flight 11 December 2009
Introduction 2013
Status In service
Primary users French Air Force
Turkish Air Force
Produced 2007–present

The Airbus A400M Atlas is a military cargo aircraft. It is built in Spain by Airbus Defence & Space, part of Airbus Group. The wings are made in the UK. The cockpit and landing gear are made in France. Germany provides the fuselage assembly. The Atlas is a four turboprops and high-wing aircraft. Orders have come from militaries of many countries like France, Germany, Spain, and the UK. The aircraft's first flight was on 11 December 2009. The French Air Force used it in the Mali war in 2013 and 2014.

Test flight crash

On Monday May 11, 2015, An Airbus A400M crashed in Spain during final flight testing. Two pilots and two flight engineers were killed in the accident. Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey all grounded their A440Ms. The six planes France has will only see limited use. Spain has stopped all testing of the planes until the cause of the crash is discovered.



Images for kids

  • Size comparison C-17 A400M C-130J-30 C-130J

    The A400M (next to bottom) and aircraft it is intended to replace or complement C-130, C-130J-30 and C-17.

  • Airbus A-400M Atlas (19751904980)

    A400M as viewed from below

  • Airbus A400M Rollout

    The first A400M during the world presentation in Seville on 26 June 2008

  • A400m flaps down

    The first A400M during its fourth flight on 15 January 2010

  • Airbus A400M Atlas of the Spanish Air Force (code EC-400) arrives RIAT Fairford 18July2019 arp

    A400M demonstrator arrives for the 2019 RIAT, England

  • A400 Atlas debuts during Mobility Guardian (Image 4 of 4) Aircrew members prepare an A400M Atlas

    A400M cargo compartment

  • Airbus A400M cockpit ILA2014

    Cockpit with side-stick and glass cockpit avionics

  • A400M Propeller (Hamilton-Sundstrand)

    Hamilton Sundstrand propeller for A400M at the Paris Air Show 2009

  • A400M - RIAT 2013 (9360601998)

    A400M showing its counter-rotating propellers on each wing

  • Mobility Guardian (Image 37 of 37) A French Air Force A400M Atlas performs multiple airdrops at Yakima Training Center

    A French A400M performs airdrops during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2017.

  • German Luftwaffe Airbus A400M of LTG 62 refuels Boeing FA-18E Super Hornet of VFA-211 over the Agean Sea on 3 March 2022 (220303-N-NO874-1006)

    A German A400M refuels a US Navy FA-18E Super Hornet that patrols NATO airspace during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • A400M Beach Landings MOD 45162698 (cropped)

    RAF A400M Atlas takes off from a beach in South Wales in May 2017.

  • Royal Malaysian Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas at Subang Air Base

    Royal Malaysian Air Force A400M

  • Airbus A400M silhouettes

    Airbus A400M silhouettes

See also

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