Airbus aborted a test flight of the A380 superjumbo from France to Tunisia on Tuesday after a sensor indicated a possible problem with the doors enclosing the main landing gear, the planemaker said.
"The sensor sensed a mismatch in the position of the main landing gear doors," a spokeswoman said. "It happened shortly after take-off." The plane flew back to Toulouse and landed without incident, she said. A spokeswoman for landing gear supplier Goodrich said the incident did not involve the landing gear itself.
Airbus has five of the $300-million planes in flight testing. They have made more than 580 flights and logged over 1,800 hours in the air.