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Inspections to rudders of Airbus aircraft

Washington, USA - American NTSB accelerates times and urgency

After last year an Airbus A-310 of a Canadian company lost its tail rudder during a flight from Cuba to Canada, several inspections to A-300s and A-310s started, but the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged these inspections on over 400 Airbus aircraft, not considering times planned by the French avionic industry enough fast.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 138276
Rome, Italy, 03/28/2006 14:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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