Dozens of Airbus A380s face urgent checks after cracked part dug from ice

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Dozens of Airbus A380s face urgent checks after cracked part dug from ice

Studying a possible manufacturing flaw in a recently salvaged part.

Investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw in a recently salvaged cracked part in a move likely to trigger urgent checks on dozens of Airbus superjumbos, people familiar with the matter said. The focus of a two-year-old ...

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