2023-08-22 19:45:00
What happened with the Emirates Airbus A380 last Friday? On August 18, the European super jumbo from Dubai, scheduled to arrive on the Côte d’Azur platform, suffered a technical incident. The European super jumbo was unable to leave with its 520 passengers for Dubai.
Contacted, the company initially did not respond. This Tuesday morning, she simply confirms “damage to the right wing”, without going into details. According to our information, corroborated by images, it was the right wing leading edge slat that was damaged. An incident that grounded the A380 over the weekend.
“The plane will remain on the ground for further analysis”
Where does the incident come from? “Emirates confirms that flight EK 77 from Dubai to Nice on August 18 landed normally, passengers and crew disembarked safely. On landing, engineers discovered damage to the right wing, the plane will remain on the ground to carry out more in-depth analyses”, underlines Emirates. The company reaffirms that safety is its “top priority” and that she “is by no means neglected”.
On social networks, some, without formal proof, have advanced a shock with a landing drone. The company remains cautious: “We have no information on the origin that caused the damage to the right wing.” On a photo taken on the spot, we can see the part, very damaged, the twisted metal.
A charter bus to Milan
As for the passengers of the canceled flight, “all were able to leave via various options including chartering a bus to Milan”, says Emirates.
According to Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, the A380 took off on Tuesday around 9 p.m.
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