The World - News from June 29, 1988

Air France sent its new Airbus A-320 jetliners back into the air two days after a crash killing three people raised concern over the world’s first fully computerized civilian aircraft. British Airways, after a precautionary suspension, also put its two A-320s back into service. The French Transport Ministry and the plane’s maker, Airbus Industrie, have said there is no reason to doubt the craft’s performance. French officials said preliminary investigations showed that the Airbus was flying too low. A commission was set up to determine why the plane, flying 30 feet above the ground at an air show, failed to regain altitude and crashed in a wooded area.