When the Airbus A380 wing failed its static ultimate load test roughly 3% short of the required 1.5 times limit load on Feb. 14 (AW&ST Feb. 20, p. 44), it raised serious issues: *Ultimate load ...
A work light left behind inside the wing of a Qantas Airbus A380 has triggered a fresh safety investigation and a lot of uneasy questions about how such a basic mistake slipped through. The aircraft ...