The European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Wednesday that all Airbus A380 superjumbo planes be checked for wing cracks, even as the aircraft manufacturer insisted there was nothing to worry about.
An Airbus A380 performs a flying display at the Paris International Air Show at Le Bourget airport near Paris in June 2011. The European Aviation Safety Agency on Wednesday ordered that all Airbus A380 superjumbo planes be checked for wing cracks, even as the aircraft manufacturer insisted there was nothing to worry about.
The cracks had been found "following an unscheduled internal inspection of an A380 wing," EASA said in a statement.
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