Related: World's biggest airliner takes off on maiden flight

The world's biggest airliner, the Airbus A380 double-decker, successfully took off on its maiden flight Wednesday at the Airbus headquarters outside of the city of Toulouse in southern France. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

    TOULOUSE, France, April 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The world's biggest airliner, the Airbus A380 double-decker, landed safely Wednesday on the runway of the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, the Airbus headquarters in southwestern France.

    The landing of the giant plane at 1222 GMT after a flight of almost four hours is witnessed by some 40,000 spectators.

    The plane carried six crew members -- two pilots Jacques Rosay and Claude Lelaie and four test engineers -- plus 22 tons of onboard test instruments, including work stations to monitor in-flight data and other parameters.

    According to Airbus, the prototype plane weighed 421 tons and its maximum takeoff weight is 560 tons. Enditem