{"id":492880,"date":"2026-06-24T07:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/492880\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:16:09","slug":"airbus-to-inspect-16-a380s-after-cracks-found-on-plane-wings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/492880\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus to inspect 16 A380s after cracks found on plane wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airlines using the A380 include Emirates, Singapore Airlines<\/a>, British Airways, Qantas, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Korean Air, Etihad Airways, ANA and Asiana Airlines.<\/p>\n

Emirates operates the largest A380 fleet in the world, flying over half of all active superjumbos.<\/p>\n

Cracks on an aircraft that \u201ccould reduce the structural integrity of the wing\u201d were discovered during inspections ordered by EASA in a directive issued in December 2025, the European planemaker said.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe A380 is the world’s only full-length double-decker passenger aircraft. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

All A380s \u201cwith the same production history\u201d have been identified, and Airbus will carry out immediate inspections on five aircraft.<\/p>\n

The Toulouse-based plane manufacturer would discuss with EASA whether repairs were necessary, an Airbus spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The 11 other aircraft could be inspected later, but before 25 cycles, with one cycle consisting of a takeoff, a flight, and a landing.<\/p>\n

The A380 has faced wing-related problems before and the EASA in 2012 ordered inspections after cracks were found in brackets linking the wing skin to internal ribs.<\/p>\n

That affected the entire global A380 fleet and led to a costly repair programme which Airbus addressed through design changes on planes produced later.<\/p>\n

– AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Airlines using the A380 include Emirates, Singapore Airlines, British Airways, Qantas, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Korean Air, Etihad Airways,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41813,44659,246914,74,6776,31844,138,246915,40181,95658,1342,1874,1454,39991,111,139,69,90,15026,31843,4372,3048,2846,61,13797,3608,51298,71474,6730],"class_list":["post-492880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-41813","tag-a380","tag-a380s","tag-after","tag-airbus","tag-aircraft","tag-business","tag-component","tag-cracks","tag-emirates","tag-five","tag-found","tag-immediately","tag-inspect","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-plane","tag-planes","tag-qantas","tag-said","tag-them","tag-to","tag-used","tag-were","tag-wing","tag-wings","tag-would"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}