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A350 Fuselage Takes Shape while Airbus, API Spar over A320 Winglets
Airbus starts to join front fuselage for first A350 XWB.
Airbus has begun to join the forward fuselage with the nose section in the first A350 XWB in St. Nazaire, France. (Photo: Airbus)
Airbus has begun to join the forward fuselage with the nose section in the first A350 XWB in St. Nazaire, France. (Photo: Airbus)

The first 21-meter-long front fuselage section for the Airbus A350 XWB has begun to take shape in Saint-Nazaire, France, where mechanics have begun joining the forward fuselage and nose sections, the European manufacturer announced last week. Once it completes the body join, the company plans to send the finished component via Beluga transport to the A350 XWB final assembly line in Toulouse.