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Design, manufacturing defects blamed for superjumbo cracks
- Middle East: Thursday, January 26 - 2012 at 09:13
Airbus has acknowledged a combination of manufacturing and design flaws as it confirmed the discovery of more examples of cracks inside the wings of A380 superjumbo jets, while insisting the world's largest airliner is safe to fly, Reuters has reported. The cracks were caused by a combination of the choice of aluminium alloy for certain wing brackets as well as stresses imposed at two stages of the manufacturing process, said Tom Williams, executive vice president of programmes at Airbus. "The A380 is safe to fly," he said.
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StaffThursday, January 26 - 2012 at 09:13 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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