EASA: New cracks on 20 A380s ‘more significant’
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) Friday on 20 Airbus A380 after new cracks were found in wing brackets last week ( ATW Daily News, Jan. 20 ). EASA said in the AD that the “new form of rib foot cracking [Type 2 cracks], originating from the forward and...
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