Iberia has retrieved an Airbus A340-600 damaged in a hard landing at Quito, but has yet to determine when the aircraft will re-enter airline service. The aircraft touched down hard on Quito’s runway ...
One A340-600 suffered a stress crack on the main fitting of a main gear leg. The crack was caused by excess torque-stress in the gear leg when the aircraft made tight turns during taxiing. This was ...
This was the hugely embarrassing certification test failure for the Airbus A340-600 in 2002 that forced Airbus to redesign the wheels and landing gear before putting the aircraft into service, with ...