Saken er omtalt tidligere her på bloggen, uten at EASA da var nevnt. Nå ønsker Airbus å få dette juridisk belyst, men det kan bli vanskelig å nå frem dersom EASA mener at produksjonsfeil medfører en risiko. (Red.)
EASA Flags 13 A350s With Lightning-Protection Risk
December 08, 2021Farnborough 2016 - Photo Credit: Per Gram
EASA has issued a proposed airworthiness directive (PAD) for a small number of Airbus A350-900s and -1000s to ensure affected aircraft do not have two production-quality problems that, when subjected to an intense lightning strike, could create a fuel tank vapor ignition source.
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Airbus preparing for an
independent legal assessment in response to customer disagreement
over A350 surface degradation
Toulouse, 9 December 2021 – In the face of the ongoing mischaracterisation of
non-structural surface degradation on its fleet of A350 aircraft
by one of its customers, it has become necessary for Airbus to
seek an independent legal assessment as a way forward to resolve
the dispute, which the two parties have been unable to settle
during direct and open discussions.
Safety is Airbus’ top priority. The surface paint-related
findings have been thoroughly assessed by Airbus and confirmed by
the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as having no airworthiness
impact on the A350 fleet.
The attempt by this customer to misrepresent this specific topic
as an airworthiness issue represents a threat to the
international protocols on safety matters.
While Airbus regrets the need to follow such a path, it has become
necessary to defend its position and reputation. Airbus has
worked actively with its customers in order to minimise the
impact and any inconvenience caused by this in-service surface
degradation on the aircraft.
These solutions have all been dismissed by the above-mentioned
customer without legitimate justification.
The A350 is performing well in service with a 99.5% operational
reliability and has proven to be a symbol of resilience in the
COVID-19 crisis. It is enabling major airlines worldwide to
restart international operations, reconnecting and uniting
nations and continents again, as the world slowly emerges from
the pandemic.
In parallel, Airbus is working to re-establish a constructive
dialogue with its customer on this matter but is not willing to
accept inaccurate statements of this kind to continue.
Furthermore, Airbus wishes to clarify that EASA’s recent proposed
corrective steps caused by areas of missing expanded copper foil
(ECF) on the wings of 13 A350s as a result of a production
process, which has since been adapted, is different in nature.
The limited number of aircraft will be inspected as per EASA’s
directive.
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