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Tool Left Inside Airbus A330neo Tail Disrupts Aircraft Deliveries for Months

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus conducted extensive inspections on A330neo aircraft in production after a tool was left inside the tail section of a passenger aircraft. The incident caused disruptions to the company’s widebody aircraft deliveries for approximately three months. During pre-delivery inspections, a foreign object was discovered inside the horizontal stabilizer of an A330neo aircraft. Further investigations revealed that the…