An Airbus A400M military transport plane takes off on its maiden flight in the Andalusian capital of Seville December 11, 2009. A new European military transport plane, the Airbus A400M, took to the skies on Friday in a boost to a 20 billion euro ($29.5 billion) project threatened by soaring costs after a two-year development delay.
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