UPDATE 3-Fresh A400M charge clouds strong Airbus 2017 profits
February 15, 2018 at 04:25 AM EST
PARIS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Airbus took a 1.3 billion euro ($1.6 billion) hit on its delayed A400M military transport plane, lifting charges on Europe's troubled defence project above 8 billion euros and clouding higher than expected underlying profits and cash.