Airbus Joke . . . or Not
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As far as the rudder on the A-300 goes, I work for a company that has several A-300 freighters but not the -600. I talked to a few of the wrenches a while back at they told me there is delamination issues with the A-300 vert stab. They found one heavily de-lamed in a heavy check and wondered how many hrs it has till it departed the a/c. Luckily we haven't lost one.
-AA @ NTC in 2001 (vertical stab & rudder fell off, no survivors)
-Air Transat over the caribbean a couple years later (rudder fell off in cruise, landed safely)
-FDX found a severe delamination during a Mx check. That airplane wouldn't have lasted for long supposedly.
Any others?
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