 In 1967, the British, French and German governments agreed to start development of the 300-seat Airbus A300.BAC argued against the proposal in favour of their BAC Three-Eleven project, intended as a large wide-bodied airliner like the Airbus A300, Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed TriStar.Like the One-Eleven, it would have carried two Rolls-Royce turbofan engines, mounted near the tail.