Ground The Airbus A380: Not sky-worthy, say engineers
Tuesday, 10th January 2012
This is not Die By Wire’s precise reason for calling fly-by-wire aircraft “death traps.” But it does emphasize that we should not be gullible when it comes to accepting the airline industry’s assurances
Ground The Airbus A380: Not sky-worthy, say engineers
“Australian aircraft engineers have called for Airbus A380 – the world’s biggest passenger aircraft – to be grounded, after Singapore Airlines and Qantas found cracks in the wings of their super-jumbos.
“‘We can’t continue to gamble with people’s lives and allow those aircraft to fly around and hope that they make it until their four-yearly inspection,’ said Steve Purvinas, secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association.”
