Airbus CEO launches probe on A380 cracks
 Reuters  |  Wed, Feb 15 2012

The planemaker is taking lessons from the A380 programme for the A350 programme, he says.

Airbus CEO launches probe on A380 cracks

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me too................prefer walking on foot.

by wbwbwbwibi,  posted on 17 02 2012, 18:09



Do you know how disastrous it will be to the Airlines' bottom line if they ground all their A380s immediately? Do you think it will only cost $166million? Do you think they can afford to, even if they intented to sue Airbus? I am sure they did the necessary checks and calculated the risks for potential crack propogation that will lead to catastrophic failures and gambled. So far their gamble is paying off, but this certainly cannot go on and on, because it will happen and it is just a matter of how long before it does. The odds only gets higher with each flight. I for one will not take an A380 until they get the problem fixed...

by kooldog59,  posted on 17 02 2012, 15:17



no............no.

Qantas always has open transparent complain letter, hoping SIA will follow Qantas news..............

by wbwbwbwibi,  posted on 17 02 2012, 14:50

"Cracks" sound so innocent - but in engineering, cracks are actually fractures. How bad, how long, how deep, how distributed - these are the concerns. A fracture is not a glitch. Computers can have glitches but airborne computers cannot have glitches - this is the difference. A major structure of the aircraft is not something to ignore or downplay. Remember that while an aeroplane is in flight, the engines pull the wings via the engine pylons, and the wings pull the whole fuselage or body - that's a whole 400 tonnes of people and material. Airbus should fix this flaw fast and neat. A fly-by-wire plane is still a basic mechanical plane and no mechanical or structural failure can be tolerated.

SL Chen

by Comment,  posted on 16 02 2012, 14:56

We read previously from media that both QANTAS and SIA were quoted to say that these cracks were not of immediate concern......and the manufacturers didn't think it an issue either!!

tengahsen

by Comment,  posted on 16 02 2012, 14:56
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