Air France A340 Flew With Missing Screws After Shop Visit
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An Airbus SAS A340 operated by Air France-KLM Group was halted in Boston in mid-November after about 30 screws were found to be missing from a protective panel, the airline said.
The long-range plane had undergone maintenance in China, at Taeco-Taikoo Aircraft Engineering and left the facility Nov. 10. It had stopped at Air France’s hub at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris for three days, and the absence of the screws went unnoticed until several days later in Boston, the carrier said.