article_snippet: The A321 involved in that incident is a slightly longer version of the plane involved in today's crash, carrying an extra 40 passengers.
article_snippet: A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crash was called 'Mannheim' and made A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crash first test flight in November 1990.
article_snippet: A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crash was then purchased by Lufthansa and had A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crash first commercial flight in February 1991.
article_snippet: Since the first version of the Airbus A320 was released in 1987, around 4,000 have been built and the Airbus A320 say one takes off or lands somewhere in the world every 2.5 seconds.
article_snippet: A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crash is a workhorse of modern aviation.
article_snippet: Worldwide, 3,606 A320s are in operation, according to Airbus.
article_snippet: The A320 family has a good safety record, with just 0.14 fatal accidents per million take-offs, according to a Boeing safety analysis.
article_snippet: However, the widely-used A320 family of aircraft have been involved in a number of crashes in the three decades the widely-used A320 family of aircraft have been used, resulting in scores of deaths.
article_snippet: The Airbus A320 like that involved in today's accident iS a short-haul, narrow-body airliner assembled in France, Germany and China.
article_snippet: Around 4,000 of the single-aisle aircraft have been built and Airbus says A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crashsets industry standards for comfort and operating economy on short- to medium-haul routes'.
article_snippet: It typical seats around 150 passengers depending on the layout of A similar Airbus plane to that involved in today's crash and has a cruising speed of 511mph and a range of up to 7,500 miles.
article_snippet: It was ranked as the world's fastest selling aircraft bewteen 2005 and 2007 when It became popular with low-cost airlines.