Airbus finds the problem behind months of A330 delays: A lost tool

Airbus faced a temporary slowdown in the delivery of A330 jets due to a misplaced tool causing an "isolated quality issue" in the horizontal tailplane.

Deliveries were paused for inspections but have since resumed, without any safety concerns reported.

The A330 constitutes a small portion of Airbus's total deliveries, with the company still aiming for a record 870 planes by year-end.

PARIS, Sept 4 — A tool accidently left in an Airbus plane forced the European aeronautics giant to slow deliveries of new A330 jets for several months, a company source told AFP yesterday.

A spokesperson confirmed Airbus had recently identified “an isolated quality issue on an A330 horizontal tailplane” or stabiliser, without mentioning a misplaced tool.

“This led us to inspect A330s in the production process, slowing down monthly deliveries over the summer,” the spokesperson added.

“The root cause is identified and A330 deliveries have resumed.”

The company source, who requested anonymity, did not identify the tool nor the production site where it was misplaced, but said it had not caused any safety concerns.

“It was just a simple quality problem, nothing critical,” the source added.

Airbus’s own figures to July 31 show that no A330s had been delivered to clients since late May.

The wide-body jet represents just five percent of total deliveries annual deliveries for Airbus, far below its popular A320 family of single-aisle jets.

Overall, the company aims to deliver a record 870 planes this year, with production rising in coming months with a second A320 assembly line at its Blagnac site in Toulouse, southwest France. — AFP

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由于工具放置错误导致水平尾翼出现“孤立的质量问题”，空客A330飞机的交付一度放缓。

货物交付曾因检查而暂停，但目前已恢复，未报告任何安全问题。

A330 仅占空客总交付量的一小部分，该公司仍计划在年底前实现创纪录的 870 架飞机交付量。

巴黎，9 月 4 日——据法新社昨日报道，一名公司消息人士透露，由于一个工具意外遗留在空客飞机上，这家欧洲航空巨头被迫将新 A330 飞机的交付速度放缓了几个月。

一位发言人证实，空客最近发现“A330水平尾翼（或称稳定器）存在一个孤立的质量问题”，但没有提及工具丢失一事。

发言人补充说：“这导致我们对生产过程中的 A330 飞机进行了检查，从而减缓了夏季的月度交付速度。”

“根本原因已经查明，A330的交付已经恢复。”

这位要求匿名的公司消息人士没有透露丢失工具的具体位置，也没有说明丢失工具的生产地点，但他表示，这并没有造成任何安全隐患。

“这只是一个简单的质量问题，没什么大碍，”消息人士补充道。

空客公司截至7月31日的数据显示，自5月下旬以来，没有一架A330飞机交付给客户。

宽体喷气式飞机仅占空客年度总交付量的 5%，远低于其广受欢迎的 A320 系列单通道喷气式飞机。

总体而言，该公司今年的目标是交付创纪录的870架飞机，随着位于法国西南部图卢兹布拉尼亚克工厂的第二条A320总装线投入使用，未来几个月产量将进一步提升。——法新社

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