VIENNA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Austria's defence ministry is setto file a lawsuit against Airbus accusing the group ofwilful deception and fraud linked to a 2 billion euro ($2.1billion) order of Eurofighter jets in 2003, APA news agency saidon Thursday.
A recently completed ministry investigation, to be releasedon Thursday, found that Airbus and Eurofighter misled Austriawith fraudulent intent about the purchase price, according toAPA, which did not cite any sources. (Reporting By Kirsti Knolle, Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich,writing by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Michael Shields)