Airbus A350 plane has a serious corrosion paint, and there are hidden safety hazards in prosecution

Jimu News reporter Huang Jiaqi

Due to problems such as the surface paint of the A350 passenger aircraft, Qatar Airlines and Airbus Company have previously trapped in international legal disputes. On June 22, Reuters visited two A350 aircraft on the spot and found that the surface of the fuselage was severely corrosive.

A350 aircraft is parked in the maintenance hangar (Tuyuan Reuters)

In November 2020, Qatar National Airlines expressed concern about the safety of its A350 passenger aircraft. When the company tried to re -applore the World Cup for five years, it was found that there were about 980 defects in the fuselage.

Airbus, a French aircraft manufacturing company, acknowledged that these issues are worthy of attention, but insisted that they are just superficial problems and will not endanger safety.

According to a survey by Reuters, at least five airlines including Finnish Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airlines, Hansha Airlines and French Airlines raised similar security doubts in 2016, but they did not stop flying aircraft. Essence

Qatar Airlines said that the air buses failed to provide a complete cause analysis to solve the problem of air -to -navigation problems related to the affected aircraft, including the lightning protection system.

On December 20 last year, Qatar Airlines sued the Airbus Company in the UK, whether the A350 aircraft surrounding the $ 1 billion of the A350 aircraft was potential safety risks.

According to Reuters, the reporter visited the scene and found that the surface of the flying aircraft's wings, tails and cabins was damaged.

Severe corrosion of the surface of the aircraft (Tuyuan Reuters)

According to analysts, the total value of these two aircraft is about 300 million US dollars, which are two of the 23 A350 aircraft stopped. These aircraft are grounded by the Qatar regulatory agency because the paint is prematurely corrosive and protects the fuselage to protect the fuselage. The metal sub -layer that is exempted from lightning is damaged.

According to Reuters on -site observations, there are some sporadic defects on the surface of the A350 aircraft, including a slender foam and cracking on the top of the aircraft.

Airbus acknowledged that the A350 had quality defects, but denied any safety risks. The company argued that the carbon composite material technology used by all modern long -distance aircraft has certain paint corrosion, which is a necessary sacrifice to save weight.

Qatar Airlines questioned the interpretation of Airbus and told the British court that there were no same problems with similar Boeing 787 passenger planes. Qatar Airlines said that before further analysis, it was not possible to determine whether there was a security problem and refused to receive more aircraft.

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