World’s largest plane A380 may be unsafe – Experts say
According to the reports from BBC, the engineers say that they are concerned about minor cracks that have appeared on the wing ribs of some Airbus A380 planes, and that they’re calling for the whole fleet to be grounded for investigation. The minor cracks have appeared on A380s operated by Qantas Airways & Singapore Airlines. And according to the news from the Singapore Airlines, it has repaired the cracks on its two A380 planes.
BBC quotes the following statement by the company,
“We confirm that minor cracks were found on some noncritical wing rib-skin attachments on a limited number of A380 aircraft. We have traced the origin. Airbus has developed an inspection and repair procedure, which will be done during regular, routine scheduled four-year maintenance checks. In the meantime, Airbus emphasizes that the safe operation of the A380 fleet is not affected.
But the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association’s secretary Steve Purvinas, disagrees with the statement from the Airbus. He said, “We can’t continue to gamble with people’s lives and allow those aircraft to fly around and hope that they make it until their four-yearly inspection”.
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