"Shares in Airbus plunged on the news that quality problems with fuselage panels had delayed delivery of some A320 aircraft. The reports of the new problem came after a separate incident in which Airbus last week said that some 6,000 of its A320 planes should not fly again until a software upgrade was made following an incident in the United States."
"Airbus has said that up to 628 of its A320 planes worldwide may need to be inspected for a metal plate "quality issue" that has come to light. In a message to AFP, the European aircraft manufacturer said the figure represented the "total number of potentially impacted aircraft" but "it doesn't mean all these aircraft are necessarily impacted"."
Airbus identified a supplier-quality issue involving metal plates on some A320 fuselage panels and has flagged up to 628 aircraft for inspection worldwide. The figure represents potentially impacted aircraft and inspections are progressively narrowing which planes require specific corrective action. Airbus described the problem as contained and affecting only a limited number of panels. The quality reports coincided with delays to some A320 deliveries and a share-price fall. The issue follows a separate event that left about 6,000 A320s grounded pending a software upgrade. The A320 has been produced since 1988 and remains the world's best-selling airliner.
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