Airbus says up to 628 A320 jets face checks over fuselage panel flaw

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3 Dec, 2025 01:31 AM2 mins to read

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Airbus said that up to 628 of its popular A320 planes around the world may need to be inspected for a metal plate ‘quality issue’ that has come to light. Photo / Pascal Pavani, AFP

Airbus said today that up to 628 of its popular A320 planes worldwide may need to be inspected for a metal plate “quality issue” that has come to light.

In a message to AFP, the European aircraft manufacturer said the figure represented the “total number of potentially impacted aircraft”
but “it doesn’t mean all these aircraft are necessarily impacted”.

It added that the number of planes earmarked for checks was “reducing day by day as inspections progress to identify those needing a specific action to be taken”.

Yesterday, Airbus said it had detected the “supplier quality issue” but asserted the problem was “contained” and affected only “a limited number of A320 metal panels”.

Shares in Airbus plunged on the news that quality problems with fuselage panels had delayed delivery of some of A320 aircraft.