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Kuwait helicopter contracts return to haunt Airbus

The after-effects of a contract worth more than €1bn signed in 2016 between former French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and the Kuwaiti defence minister at the time, Khaled al-Jarrah al-Sabah, continue to taint Airbus' relations with the country.
The after-effects of a contract worth more than €1bn signed in 2016 between former French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and the Kuwaiti defence minister at the time, Khaled al-Jarrah al-Sabah, continue to taint Airbus' relations with the country. © Indigo Publications - 2024 / iStock//ZX/Alamy Stock Photo//Stringer/Kuwaiti defence Ministry/AFP

Airbus Helicopters is trying its luck again in Kuwait. But the fallout from an over €1bn contract signed in 2016 continues to plague its relations with the country. Intelligence Online has learned that a French judicial preliminary investigation is underway into the 2019 death of an employee while transporting the first helicopters sold to the emirate.

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