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Abstract

Aircraft having attached to the rear fuselage (31) a propulsion system (13) by means of upstream pylons (17); the aircraft comprising a vertical tail plane (21) attached to the rear fuselage (31); the rear fuselage (31) extending from a rear pressure bulkhead (27) to the aircraft tail (29), comprising a skin (35) and a plurality of frames (37, 37′, 37″) arranged perpendicularly to a central longitudinal axis (33), and having a curved shape with at least a vertical symmetry plane (A-A); the vertical tail plane (21) comprising a torsion box with left and right skins, frontal and rear spars (51, 53) and a plurality of ribs (55); the aircraft also comprising a resistant structure connecting said vertical tail plane (21) with the rear fuselage (31) that acts as a redundant load path in failure events of the propulsion system (13) that can produce damages in the rear fuselage (31).

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