Airbus to make A380 crack checks

Posted by on February 9, 2012 at 8:46 am in Business, Transport, Travel & Tourism

 

Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check the wings of all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ordered all 67 Airbus A380 superjumbo planes currently in operation to be checked.

Airbus said the cracks were not an immediate threat to safety and that repairs would be carried out if any damage was found.

Last month, EASA ordered checks of 20 A380 jets worldwide.

An EASA spokesman said: “In view of the outcome of those checks, it was decided to expand them to the entire fleet currently in operation.”

The wings, land gear and fuel systems of the A380 are made at plants in Broughton, near Chester, and Filton in Bristol.

The double-decker jets, launched in a blaze of publicity in October 2007, can carry as many as 800 passengers.

Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Air France are among the firm’s biggest customers for the jet.—BBC

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