Post by XWB on Jun 2, 2015 17:42:36 GMT 1
Update here:
www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/06/02/report-safety-protocol-breaches-may-be-behind-a400m-crash/28352321/
And here:
www.janes.com/article/51857/airbus-admits-serious-quality-control-issues-with-a400m-final-assembly
And:
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/May-28/299632-airbus-admits-assembly-quality-problem-after-a400m-crash.ashx
www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/06/02/report-safety-protocol-breaches-may-be-behind-a400m-crash/28352321/
Several safety protocols were allegedly ignored during the final assembly of the A400M military plane which crashed in Spain, killing four, reportedly to make up for delays in delivery, online news site El Confidencial said Tuesday.
"Several protocols were ignored," it said citing unnamed aeronautical sector sources.
The computer system that controls the plane's engines, the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC), "should have been tested before, in a simulator, to check if everything worked," it added.
The sources claimed the protocols were skipped because Airbus was in a hurry to make up for delays in the development and delivery of the A400M military cargo and troop transport plane which is assembled in Seville.
"Several protocols were ignored," it said citing unnamed aeronautical sector sources.
The computer system that controls the plane's engines, the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC), "should have been tested before, in a simulator, to check if everything worked," it added.
The sources claimed the protocols were skipped because Airbus was in a hurry to make up for delays in the development and delivery of the A400M military cargo and troop transport plane which is assembled in Seville.
And here:
www.janes.com/article/51857/airbus-admits-serious-quality-control-issues-with-a400m-final-assembly
Airbus has 'a serious quality control problem' in the final assembly of the A400M Atlas transport aircraft, a senior company executive admitted on 28 May.
Speaking to the German publication Handelsblatt , the chief strategy and marketing officer of Airbus Group, Marwan Lahoud, said that the initial findings of the investigation into the crash of aircraft MSN023 have shown serious quality control issues in final assembly.
"The [recovered] black boxes attest to [there being no design problems with the A400M]," he reportedly said, adding, "There are no structural defects, but we have a serious quality problem in the final assembly."
Speaking to the German publication Handelsblatt , the chief strategy and marketing officer of Airbus Group, Marwan Lahoud, said that the initial findings of the investigation into the crash of aircraft MSN023 have shown serious quality control issues in final assembly.
"The [recovered] black boxes attest to [there being no design problems with the A400M]," he reportedly said, adding, "There are no structural defects, but we have a serious quality problem in the final assembly."
And:
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/May-28/299632-airbus-admits-assembly-quality-problem-after-a400m-crash.ashx
"The black boxes confirm it. There was no structural fault, but we have a serious final assembly quality problem," Airbus group's chief of strategy Marwan Lahoud told the German daily Handelsblatt after receiving the first results of the analyses of the flight recorders.