▌▌ A380 Wing Rib Feet Cracks — Recent Developments
Doric’s Asset Management team have continued to monitor
very closely the situation regarding hairline cracks that
have been found on certain wing rib-skin attachments on
a number of A380 aircraft, as...
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▌▌ A380 Wing Rib Feet Cracks — Recent Developments
Doric’s Asset Management team have continued to monitor
very closely the situation regarding hairline cracks that
have been found on certain wing rib-skin attachments on
a number of A380 aircraft, as originally reported on 10th
January 2012.
On January 20th, 2012 the European Aviation Safety
Agency (EASA) issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD),
which requires the operators of 20 Airbus A380s presently
in service to conduct a detailed visual inspection of certain
wing rib feet and report the inspection results to Airbus.
This is a precautionary measure and this practice is one
of the reasons for the outstanding safety record of the
commercial aviation industry.
Airbus A380 News – Update
Doric Update
Doric Aviation
Page 1 of 2
24 January 2012
The AD identifies two different types of cracks on the rib feet
(see picture 1), defined by Airbus as Type 1 cracks (connecting the rib feet holes) and Type 2 cracks in the
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