A depressurisation during a test flight of a new Airbus A330 that was being prepared for delivery to a customer airline has reportedly left several people injured.

Reports from France say the aircraft was being prepared for delivery to Air Mauritius and was on a test flight yesterday near Toulouse when it suddenly lost cabin pressure. Six of the 10 people on board were reportedly sent to hospital for treatment.

Air Mauritius has two A330-200s on order, according to Flight’s ACAS database.

Airbus representatives were not immediately able to confirm details of the incident.

The incident took place less than a week after several people were injured during a ground-test accident involving an A340-600 that w

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