Concomitant with known electrical problems – mainly “traceable to bottlenecks formed in the definition, manufacturing and installation of systems and resulting harnesses” - an informed source at Derby who are actively engaged in making the Trent 900 - related to me that a little matter of the A380 being currently 20% over design weight - is causing Gustav Humbert a few sleepless nights.
So far it would appear that 15 airframes are assembled and they are now cutting metal on A/F 36. Bit of spannering yet to come on these and some changes down the line for others?