Plans for Leif Hoegh to ship the wings for the new Airbus 380 superjumbo from a plant in Wales via a small port have been left up in the air after official approval for essential dredging work was withdrawn.

The A380 on a wing and a prayer.
If the dredging is not done, Airbus and its plant at Broughton in Flintshire may have to find alternative means of getting the wings to the assembly plant in Toulouse, France.

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