Eurofighter Deliveries Frozen as BAE Detects Fuselage Fault
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Eurofighter Typhoon combat plane deliveries to Germany have been put on hold following the discovery of a construction flaw in fuselage assemblies made by BAE Systems Plc, Europe’s biggest defense company.
BAE shares fell as much as 2.2 percent after the German Defense Ministry said in a letter to parliament’s Budget Committee that deficiencies had been revealed in fuselage drilling work. The glitches affect all three tranches of Typhoons, it said, which total 390 planes delivered to states including Germany’s program partners Britain, Spain and Italy.