Airbus tells airlines to check A330neo jets for stray tools
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- ✓Airbus is asking airlines to check A330neo jets for stray tools left in the tail section during production.
- ✓The issue affects planes made between 2021 and July 2026.
- ✓The company said there is "no immediate safety concern for the in-service A330 fleet" while they work with regulators to fix it.
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Airbus SE is asking some airlines to conduct additional inspections on their A330neos when they undergoing routine maintenance to check for a previously disclosed quality lapse. The issue concerns stray tools, or so-called foreign object debris, left behind in the horizontal tail plane section of the aircraft, according to people familiar with the matter. A certain number of A330s, produced between 2021 and July 2026, have been identified as being potentially impacted, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is not public.
The need for more extensive inspections suggests the issue is harder to pin down given it spans several years of production. An Airbus spokesperson confirmed that it was asking airlines to inspect their in-service fleet.
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