Flight International: Foul play suspected after cables found severed on Airbus A380 on Toulouse assembly line- by Victor Moores

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Foul play suspected after cables found severed on Airbus A380 on Toulouse assembly line- by Victor Moores

Airbus has begun an investigation into a suspected security breach after three cables of a final assembly line Airbus A380 were found severed. The damage was discovered during the day-to-night shift changeover last Thursday (8 June). Although police attended the scene, Airbus has not lodged an official complaint. Airbus says: “Three cables were cut or severed in one section. It is being investigated and our surveillance is being checked out [for weak coverage]. This shows that we have very good checks and that things get picked up straight away.

“We don’t know the reason why it was done. At the moment it seems that it wasn’t an accident.”