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Airbus A380 cracks: All super-jumbos' wings to be checked after Qantas ground airliner

By wtfpeople 467 days ago in General | dailymail.co.uk | WTF News | No comments

All of the world's biggest passenger aircraft are to have their wings checked after dozens of hairline cracks were discovered in a Qantas Airways plane.

The Australian airline said it temporarily grounded one of its A380 superjumbos - made by Airbus - after discovering 36 tiny cracks inside its wings during a maintenance inspection.

This morning the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is believed to have ordered all 68 Airbus A380s currently in operation to have their wings checked.

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