8 February 2012The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) publishes an updated Airworthiness Directive, extending the inspection for Airbus A380 wing cracks to the entire fleet of 67 operational aircraft.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD), ordering inspection of certain Airbus A380 aircraft for the possible presence of cracks in the wing rib feet.
The U.S. NTSB is investigating a wing clipping incident that occurred on April 11, 2011 at 20:25 local time. An Air France Airbus A380, registered F-HPJD and a Comair CRJ701ER, registered N641CA, both sustained minor damage in a ground collision occurrence at New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK). The Airbus A380 was operating […]
The ATSB has issued a safety recommendation about potential engine problems in some Airbus A380 aircraft. The ATSB is investigating an occurrence involving a Qantas A380 aircraft that experienced engine failure over Batam Island, Indonesia on 4 November 2010. The aircraft landed safely in Singapore having returned with the aircraft’s No 2 engine shut down. There […]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a new emergency airworthiness directive (2010-0242-E) for Rolls Royce RB211 Trent 900 series engines following a recent incident involving such an engine on a Qantas A380. This AD supersedes a previous emergency AD ( 2010-0236-E) that was issued on Novemer 10, 2010. Since issuance of AD 2010-0236-E, the incident investigation has […]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Rolls Royce RB211 Trent 900 series engines following a recent incident involving such an engine on a Qantas A380. The incident happened on November 4, 2010 when engine nr 2. on a Qantas Airbus A380, VH-OQA, suffered an uncontained failure shortly after takeoff from Singapore. […]