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Cracks put Qantas A380 out of action
QANTAS has taken one of its flagship A380 aircraft out of service for up to a week after engineers discovered 36 hairline cracks in its wings during detailed inspections. (www.smh.com.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
36 Hairline Cracks.. Minor, yeah right.... manufacturing screw up. If they found 36, I wonder how many they have not found!!!
O.K. GENTLEMEN - ENOUGH WITH THE WISE CRACKS.
Al, don't take anything written on this website personally. A lot of us been around long before there was a term "political correctness". I grew up in Chicago and we had a slur for everyone and everything and never missed a chance to crack wise.Grown ups were the same way. Guess what? We all grew up and became doctors, lawyers, pilots, bums, alcoholics, druggies, etc. Just like the rest of the world. Lots of the wise cracks here are lame attempts at humor. I know mine are.
Seems all airplanes go through this at some point in their lives, says the older, wiser 747.
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1985_26531/airlines-told-to-check-for-cracks-in-747-jets.html
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1985_26531/airlines-told-to-check-for-cracks-in-747-jets.html
That link & report was dated in 1985, and even in the article, it noted that the 747's had been in service for 15years.
funny the 787 delamination issues article had absolutely no comments. all manufacterers have their problems. when they become those of tupolev or ilyushin then maybe the hate is justified.
With this screwed up website, you may not have seen them but there were comments on the DeLam problem. As one said here below, we are equal opportunity bashers but AB has not been as forthcoming until here lately, causing some of the problems themselves. In addition as another comment says, 30 years ago we were talking 40-60 pax, now we are talking 400+. That's one reason it's so serious.
lol, that is the usual MO around here. Bash Airbus every chance there is. But when Boeing has issues, everyone becomes an instant PR officer for Boeing and tries to play it down as best as possible. If they didn't, that would be un-American... don't you know how it works around here??