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Airbus is testing a solution for the hairline cracks on the A-380 aircraft (2)

Toulouse, France - "We will fix the problem before the end of the year", declared firm's Vice-President Tom Williams

Airbus' Executive Vice-President Programmes Tom Williams declared today 08/05/2012 that his firm is testing a solution in order to fix the hairline cracks problem, which has affected some of its A-380s currently in service. Hairline cracks appeared on about 20 A-380, the biggest aircraft in the world (capable of carrying 800 people): to be more precise, they are on the brackets connecting the internal...

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Rome, Italy, 05/08/2012 18:03
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