MADRID (AP) – Investors pushed Airbus shares down Monday on Paris’ stock exchange after a military turboprop troop transporter plane undergoing final flight testing in Spain crashed, killing four aboard and injuring two.
Airbus shares were down 4.3 percent to 60.67 euros ($67.88) as authorities investigated what caused the A400M to crash into a farm field Saturday after taking off from Seville, where the planes are assembled.
The company planned to hold a moment of silence for the dead at all of its installations around the world, Airbus said.
The voice and flight data black boxes were recovered on Sunday and delivered to a Spanish judge in Seville investigating the case, Spain’s presidency said in a statement.
The media office for the judge said Monday it could not immediately provide any information about analysis of the black boxes or the investigation. Spain’s Development Ministry is also investigating the crash.