Qantas and Emirates to ground multiple Airbus A380 planes for urgent inspections after cracks found in wings

Airbus to inspect 15 Emirates and one Qantas plane after cracks found in structural wing beam of some jets Airbus will inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on aircraft used by the Emirates and Qantas airlines. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has…

Airbus to inspect 15 Emirates and one Qantas plane after cracks found in structural wing beam of some jets

Airbus will inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on aircraft used by the Emirates and Qantas airlines.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ordered urgent inspections requiring airlines to examine the wing-spar structure on the affected jets after inspectors found cracks during routine maintenance checks.

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