Airbus said on Sunday it had interrupted an evacuation test for its new A380 double-decker plane after an incident in which several people were injured as an evacuation slide failed.

The test took place in a hangar at its Hamburg site in Germany under supervision of the European certification authority and in the presence of a representative from the US Federal Aviation Authority, as it is part of the certification procedure.

"Such an incident during such a trail is not unprecedented," said Airbus chief operating officer and head of the A380 program, Charles Champion, in a statement.

There were 873 people involved in the evacuation test. Some 31 had minor injuries and one broke a leg.

The test was aimed at evacuating the plane within 90 second by using only half of the 16 doors.