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Old 5th Jun 2013, 17:19
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I'm afraid I disagree with Mr Leahy.


(John Leahy, the chief operating officer of Airbus, said that the number of incidents was small and the company had no plans at the present time to review the engine latches. "You just have to follow appropriate maintenance. People have to be careful.

"Every two seconds a [A320 family Airbus] plane is taking off or landing.")

The safety of the aircraft seems to depend upon a task which appears to be troublesome and difficult in certain circumstances, and which is definitely subject to human frailty.

Hence the latching system design is not fit for purpose and should be redesigned even if this leads to expenditure,

Mr Leahy should be rolling his sleeves up and fixing the problem.

The fact that an Airbus takes off every two seconds or whatever merely emphasises the need for action before the numbers game catches up again.
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