I'm sure they can fix it. 9th Feb 2012 07:44
I agree, trust that AJ and his management mates can now see the importance of maintaining Australian engineers jobs.
The latest ones were found during routine checks of the A380 - named Charles Kingsford Smith - after it hit severe turbulence above India on a flight from London to Singapore on January 7.
The engineers found a total 36 hairline cracks in the wing-rib feet of the A380. Each wing has about 2000 wing-rib feet, which attach the skins of the wings to brackets.
Qantas said last night that the cracks found in the Charles Kingsford-Smith were not related to the turbulence or specific to the airline but had been traced to a manufacturing issue at Airbus.
"This type of cracking is different from the 'type two' cracking found on certain A380s in the global fleet, which is now the subject of a European airworthiness directive,'' a spokesman said. ''To date, type-two cracking has not been found on Qantas aircraft.'
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Cracks put Qantas A380 out of action
Sort of shoots down the argument AJ bangs on about, reducing the number of engineers today's modern airliners require...
