Airbus falla en la entrega del A330 MRTT cisterna a la RAAF/Airbus misses RAAF KC-30 MRTT delivery deadline

Airbus Military no ha sido capaz de entregar el KC-30A MRTT a la Real Fuerza Aérea Australiana a finales de 2010, a pesar de haber sido programada.
La primera entrega estaba prevista para 2008. No se cree que el retraso se deba a causas técnicas, sino la confección de la documentación del avión.
La RAAF es conocida por su exigencia en las documentaciones técnicas requeridas para poder dar certificaciones para el vuelo.
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Airbus Military has failed to deliver a KC-30A MRTT to the RAAF by the end of 2010, despite the company saying as late as last month that it still planned to meet that schedule.
The latest schedule slip, now taking total KC-30 program delays to over two years beyond the original late 2008 first delivery schedule, is not believed to be of a technical nature, but is due to ongoing delays in writing the comprehensive technical documentation for the aircraft’s all-new boom and its remote operating station, which currently does not satisfy the RAAF’s stringent airworthiness standards.
The RAAF’s airworthiness requirements are recognised worldwide for their high standards, and without having the appropriate technical documentation upon which to establish an acceptable baseline, the RAAF is unable to verify the airworthiness of the boom and therefore clear it for operational use.
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