Chavez's troop transport chief crashes and burns in corruption scandal

The chief supplier of Chavez's new troop transport aircraft has been sacked over alleged corruption.

EADS, the parent of EADS CASA that is building CN-235 and C-295 cargo planes for the Venezuelan military, fired its French co-CEO in an alleged stock corruption scandal, Defense Industry Daily reports. The scandal concerns EADS CASA's civilian sister operation, Airbus.