Aircraft maker Airbus is to check the wings of all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service. The company has said that the cracks are not an immediate threat to safety and that repairs will be carried out if damage is found. Last month, the firm announced checks of 20 A380 planes, which can carry up to 800 passengers. Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Air France are among the firm's biggest customers for the jet. Source:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16942361
Did a wine tasting for some airbus people, and they told me thatthe part in question is a wing bracket of some description, and they are sending teams everywhere to replace the darn things...
I've always been a bit uncomfortable flying Airbus aircraft, I know a couple of pilots and their rumour mill about what goes on at Airbus was not reassuring, poor training of the folk that build these things and so on.
