The problems at Airbus are analogous to assigning two crews to build a bridge where each starts construction on the opposite banks of a river and, as the bridge comes together at mid-span, they discover that the two sides do not match.

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Army engineers also are working on a second span nearby that's set for completion by mid-January and will allow two-way traffic over the river ( 196K AIFF sound or 196K WAV sound).

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