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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

UNBELIEVABLE: Airbus cuts plane delivery target amid a320 fuselage problem - Caught on Camera

Airbus A320 planes in a hangar.
Metal panels on two doors behind the A320 cockpit have been found to be the wrong thickness. Photograph: Frederic Scheiber/EPA

Airbus has cut its plane delivery target for this year after it identified a problem with the fuselage panels on its bestselling A320 family of aircraft that has forced it to inspect hundreds of jets.

The world’s largest plane manufacturer said it would now deliver “around 790” commercial aircraft this year, a drop of 30 from its previous target of 820 planes.

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