PARIS: Airbus has discovered an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels of several dozen A320-family aircraft, industry sources said on Monday (Dec 1).The suspected production flaw is delaying some deliveries but there are no immediate indications that it has reached aircraft in service, the source

Airbus has discovered an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels of several dozen A320-family aircraft, industry sources said on Monday (Dec 1).

  • Lasherz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    2 days ago

    Airbus: None of them have escaped the manufacturer without remedies to correct them, it’s just causing delays to our customers.

    Boeing: Just release them anyways and kill the whistleblower(s).

    • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Yep. World of difference.

      One incident of something strange happening resulted in full diagnosis, and a software update that could be applied with about 3 hours downtime for most craft.