Indonesia Orders Airbus A320 Inspections After Crash Report
- Planes to be grounded if any repeat faults, ministry says
- Investigator says Airbus recommended improving component
AirAsia Technician checks the airplane for preparation before take off at Soekarno Hatta International Airport.
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Indonesia will inspect all Airbus Group SE A320 planes in the country and ground any with repeated faults, on the recommendation of investigators into the crash of an AirAsia Bhd. flight last December.
A report released Tuesday cited a crack in the soldering of an electronic component on an A320 rudder, as well as pilot errors in responding to the issue, as reasons for the Dec. 28 crash of AirAsia Flight 8501. The head of the crash investigation told Bloomberg Thursday that in recent months Airbus has researched the component in question and recommended improvements.