Airbus: A400 crash was due to poorly configured software

The crash of an Airbus A400M near Seville airport early last month was caused by poorly configured software. That is what Airbus itself states. The plane, which was ordered by the Turkish army, crashed during a test flight.

Previously, the report had already circulated that the plane had crashed due to a software problem, although this was later contradicted by the German army, which has the same aircraft. According to Airbus itself, however, it is indeed a software error, although there was nothing wrong with the software itself, according to the company. Instead, the software would be misconfigured, Handelsblatt writes.

The misconfigured software should have been controlling the device’s motors. Der Spiegel previously reported that conflicting commands were sent to three of the four engines due to a software problem. Whether that is correct is not clear.

The Airbus A400M, a cargo plane, crashed during a test flight. The aircraft, which has propellers instead of jet engines, was ordered by the Turkish army. Three people were killed in the crash.