8 February 2012
Last updated at 06:14 ET
The wings of the A380 are made in the UK
Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service after cracks were found in wing components.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ordered all 68 Airbus A380 superjumbo planes currently in operation to be checked.
Last month, EASA ordered checks of 20 A380 jets worldwide.
Airbus said then that the cracks on the wings, which are made in North Wales, were not an immediate threat to safety.
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Ever since the A380 was first unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse seven years ago, the giant Airbus plane has been embroiled in scandal.
Initial deliveries were severely delayed by problems with installing the electrical equipment, customers were slow to come forward to buy the plane, and the project’s economic viability was questioned.
Arch rival Boeing complained about how the A380′s development had
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