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A Qantas A-380 airplane landed with 36 cracks on wings

Sydney, Australia - Is it due to wear or manufacturing issue? Inspection revealed the second hypothesis

Today international press noticed that a Qantas Airways (the flag Australian airline) Airbus A-380 has landed n Singapore with 36 cracks on its wing structure. Cracks, already noticed in many of the A-380 series aircraft, are now strictly investigated, and today declarations after the "Lucky" landing of last February 5, said the problem is not related to stress due to last days turbulence (this...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1137563
Rome, Italy, 02/08/2012 17:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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