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I find the title ambiguous/misleading - summary of the article as I understood it:

* the Airbus A310 is popular with third-world country airlines

* third-world country airports are less well equipped

* the crash was likely due to pilot tiredness and poor airport layout, and had little to do with the A310 design

You're leaving out the author's point that a lot of people are wondering if there is an Airbus problem in the aftermath of the Yemenia crash and Flight 447's plummet into the Atlantic Ocean. He is saying that factors other than the plane itself resulted in the crash. So I disagree with your statement that the title is misleading.

He's saying the title is ambiguous.

If the author is suggesting the A310's design is indeed a culprit, then the argument is weak.

If the author is reinforcing the argument that the A310's design is not likely to be a factor in the crash, then the title could be misleading.

"Airbus's design is an UNlikely culprit for the Yemenia crash near the Comoros"

"If the author is reinforcing the argument that the A310's design is not likely to be a factor in the crash, then the title could be misleading."

The title implies exactly that, so what's misleading about it?

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