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Airbus has pulled the plug on its struggling A380 superjumbo, which entered service just 12 years ago. So why did the world's largest passenger aircraft, described as a "hotel in the sky", fail? Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.

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Airbus has pulled the plug on its struggling A380 superjumbo, which entered service just 12 years ago. So why did the world's largest passenger aircraft, described as a "hotel in the sky", fail? Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.

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