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Qantas A380 grounded amid emergency inspections for wing spar cracks
A number of Airbus A380 superjumbos around the world are set to be grounded for emergency inspections after Europe’s air safety regulator detected cracks in an internal part of the plane’s wing.
Qantas has one A380 that will require inspection before it can be cleared again for flight following the directive from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
“It has been determined that the cracks found on certain aeroplanes could reduce the structural integrity of the wing,” the agency wrote in its emergency airworthiness directive.
“To address this potential unsafe condition, Airbus determined that an additional special detailed inspection has to be accomplished.”
Qatar Airways Is Suddenly Ending All Airbus A380 Flights To Australia
As the geopolitical tensions from earlier in the year begin to ease in the Middle East, Qatar Airways has been looking to the future when it comes to rebuilding its long-haul international network out of its main hub at Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH). Among the main operational impacts of the 2026 Iran Crisis for the Qatari flag carrier was the temporary grounding of its Airbus A380 fleet.
However, even with the airline now able to begin rebuilding its long-haul network, the A380 is being shelved from certain routes. Perhaps most notably, Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD) in the Australian state of New South Wales will no longer be served by Qatar Airways' double-decker widebody quadjets. It last flew there in March, and was due to return in September, but, now, it will no longer do so.
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