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clear to land 5th Jan 2012 14:32

A380 Cracking Up
 
Hi: link attachedCracks found in A380s during Qantas repairs
Interesting for AB. Maybe?

jackdaniels 5th Jan 2012 14:56

if it aint boeing aint going...:p

MrMachfivepointfive 5th Jan 2012 15:35

Yawn. Back to sleep.

Sal-e 5th Jan 2012 16:02

It never fails to amaze me when any fault in Airbus aircraft prompts barely a yawn nowadays. As if to say 'yep, that is standard with Airbus'. There are so many outstanding explanations of faults and failures, some catastrophic, with Airbus planes to date. When are the authorities going to seriously scrutinise this paper aeroplane company? When one of these 380s break up in flight?

MrMachfivepointfive 5th Jan 2012 16:06


It never fails to amaze me when any fault in Airbus aircraft prompts barely a yawn nowadays. As if to say 'yep, that is standard with Airbus'. There are so many outstanding explanations of faults and failures, some catastrophic, with Airbus planes to date. When are the authorities going to seriously scrutinise this paper aeroplane company? When one of these 380s break up in flight?
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Yadda yadda yadda. I remember the Aloha Boeing convertible, the holes in Southwest Boeing roofs, the rotted stringers and blowouts in the wheel well that brought down a China 747, JAL blown rear bulkhead that killed 550. Never heard anything like that happen to a Toulousian.

A380 Jockey 5th Jan 2012 16:26

Mach,
The average age of all of the above 'incident boeings' was 14-18yrs. Average age of the 380 is just two....!
THAT should send up a few red flags my friend.
Moreover, a technical glitch in a 2 year airplane is forgiveable. But an airframe stress point crack in the same....is not!
Nothing to do with B or AB..

Sal-e 5th Jan 2012 16:27

All the causes for those Boeings you mentioned were fatigue over age which resulted in the development of better detection methods. In fact every Boeing problem had been transparent which had resulted in benefits for the entire industry.
But a two year old Airbus aircraft cracking? Come on. Not to mention the massive efforts in cover-ups. Yawn yawn you say. Typical cover-up method by an amateur.

SAS-A321 5th Jan 2012 16:28

Here we go again... another A vs. B war. :ugh:

MrMachfivepointfive 5th Jan 2012 17:17


The average age of all of the above 'incident boeings' was 14-18yrs. Average age of the 380 is just two....!
The oldest Toulousians are now approaching 40. Still. none has lost its roof or blown its wheel well. I have one cm long invisibile cracks in each of my bones probably. Nevertheless, my femur will hold up another decade or two, or so I hope.

jumbo1 6th Jan 2012 01:11

Femur will probably be fine - its the jaw I'm worried about with all the yawning....:)
Sorry, couldn't resist
Happy New Year all!

powerstall 6th Jan 2012 02:46

Additional OEB's?

Jet II 6th Jan 2012 03:43

Strange that it is the ribs that are cracking - you would have thought that Airbus would have sorted that after the problems they had with the A330/340 rib 6 cracking.

CAYNINE 6th Jan 2012 05:11

This really is getting lame....... same names same ****e

A300Man 6th Jan 2012 18:59

Good post, sittingidly.

halas 7th Jan 2012 03:47

Intersting post Idly.
Unfortunately l think Boeing is heading down the same "denial" path as Airbus with their introduction of the 787.

halas

TowerDog 7th Jan 2012 04:10


The oldest Toulousians are now approaching 40. Still. none has lost its roof or blown its wheel well.
A few have lost the rudders...:sad:

helen-damnation 7th Jan 2012 04:40


A few have lost the rudders
So did Concorde! It's aviation folks....

TowerDog 7th Jan 2012 04:44


So did Concorde! It's aviation folks....
Normal ops then, nothing to fuzz about..? :confused:

goatherd 7th Jan 2012 15:00

Having flown BOTH Airbus and Boeing, I will happily fly either...warts and all.

ironbutt57 7th Jan 2012 15:23

Any details available???


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