Enders Admits Missteps With A380 Wing Cracks | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-11.10.25

AirborneNextGen-
11.11.25

Airborne-Unlimited-11.12.25

Airborne-Unlimited-11.06.25

AirborneUnlimited-11.07.25

LIVE MOSAIC Town Hall (Archived): www.airborne-live.net

Tue, Feb 14, 2012

Enders Admits Missteps With A380 Wing Cracks

Says He Hopes Company Reputation Will Not Be Affected

There is a lot of news coming this week from Heli-Expo in Dallas, but one of the more surprising statements came on the eve of another major trade show getting under way early this week.

Airbus CEO Tom Enders made a fairly blunt statement concerning cracks found in the wing rib feet of its flagship A380 superjumbo airliner. "We screwed that up," Enders said in a news conference just prior to the opening of the Singapore Air Show.

Enders said he is hopeful that this issue, along with the problems which arose with the airplane's Rolls Royce engines, would not hurt the planemakers reputation around the world. The French news service AFP reports that Enders promised that the wing cracks would be dealt with rapidly. "We will fix it as quickly as possible, and whatever it costs, that is something too early to say at this point," he said.

EASA has ordered that all A380s be inspected for the cracks which have been found in the wing rib feet of some airplanes. The structures serve as attachment points between the wing skin and the underlying framework.

FMI: www.airbus.com

Advertisement

More News

Classic Aero-TV: Mayman Aerospace Speeder Dazzles Oshkosh Crowds

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): A Moniker Well-Chosen Founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneur David Mayman and headquartered in New York City, Mayman Aerospace is the designer and manu>[...]

NTSB Prelim: Socata TBM 700

The Controller Provided The Pilot With A Low Altitude Alert And The Altimeter Setting That Was Current At The Time On October 13, 2025, at about 0815 eastern daylight time, a Socat>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.11.25): Outer Marker

Outer Marker A marker beacon at or near the glideslope intercept altitude of an ILS approach. It is keyed to transmit two dashes per second on a 400 Hz tone, which is received aura>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.11.25)

Aero Linx: Seaplane Pilots Association The Seaplane Pilots Association is the only organization in the world solely focused on representing the interests of seaplane pilots, owners>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.11.25)

“While business aviation is fully included in the FAA’s traffic reductions, we know that our sector will continue to pursue mandatory and voluntary means to ensure we a>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC