Refurbished A380 (MSN009) Makes First Taxi Tests

[Oliver Gigacz]

Refurbished A380 MSN009 for Emirates started taxi tests. The pictures are quite amazing seeing the new doors and windows on the old body paint.

http://a380production.com/2009/10/09ft/

[chrisb]

So, google tells me it was used for test flights and engine proving - so why does it need new doors?

[Dan Hammond]

Yeah im thinking the same Chris. Whats the reason for the new doors?

[Brenden S]

Perhaps they were the original doors and something needed to be changed, design or something, or possibly a contracted agreement.

[Stephen B]

Purely talking a wild guess here, but if it only flew as a test article before, would it have been fitted with complete doors (including escape slides) or would the doors have basically been just "plugs"?