Safety Authorities Demand A380 Wing Crack Inspections

Credit: Keith Gaskell
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is ordering inspections of relatively high-cycle A380s to assess the extent to which a new set of wing cracks are affecting the Airbus fleet. The inspections and potential repairs could impact A380 operations, although so far the damage that prompted the...

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