Haven't seen this bit about the "inlet" here yet. Something for you pros to speculate about ---
One passenger wrote on "Twitter" on approach to the airport that something was wrong with the plane, referring to a "left wing inlet," Dutch media reported. The pilot of the plane appeared to know he was in trouble upon approach, calling ahead to Tripoli to request ambulances be at the ready.
Regards,
LoboTx
I wonder if they meant left wing winglet. I recently saw a photo of one of their A330-200s without a winglet on one wing.
Which of course is not a problem - slight performance penalty only.