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Airbus A350 completes extreme weather testing

written by WOFA | May 28, 2014
A350 MSN002 in the USAF's McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida. (Airbus)
A350 MSN002 in the USAF’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida. (Airbus)

An Airbus A350 test aircraft has completed a series of cold weather testing at the USAF’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida.

Aircraft MSN002 and its systems were subjected to temperatures between +45 degrees and -40 degrees Celsius during the tests which are designed to prove the aircraft’s ability to withstand a prolonged hot or cold soak and then have all systems function normally afterwards.