One A340-600 suffered a stress crack on the main fitting of a main gear leg. The crack was caused by excess torque-stress in the gear leg when the aircraft made tight turns during taxiing.

Certain Airbus A340-500 and -600 operators are set to be ordered to replace centre landing-gear axles on the type after concerns that a batch underwent improper maintenance treatment. The European ...

That is, of course, unless you've had the pleasure of riding aboard an Airbus A330 or A340. While the name "Airbus ... or failing to retract landing gear on takeoff after the plane had been ...

An Airbus-owned A340 has embarked a 75 flight hour test programme ... The engine features a gear system that allows the fan and low-pressure turbine to spin at optimized speeds, potentially ...

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) that reduces the main landing gear bogie beam life limits on certain Airbus A330 and A340 models ...

The launch of the A340 is a very important step for us as we continue to solidify our presence in the region,'' said Martin Massuger, Director, Head of Sales Middle East, Africa, Pakistan & Iran ...

A MAN’S body has been discovered inside the landing-gear wheel well of a plane that had landed at a suburban US airport. Ground crew found the body on an Airbus A340 operated by South African ...

A Lufthansa Airbus A340 was damaged after a fire broke out on a truck towing the widebody jet at Germany's Frankfurt Airport on Monday. Ten airport workers, including ground crew and emergency ...