Engineers left a 33-centimeter work lamp within the wing of a Qantas Airbus A380. The ATSB disclosed that the jet flew for two days with the work light inside before anyone discovered it. The 33-centimeter device kept in the wing during those trips as the Qantas plane functioned.
The Qantas Airbus A380 flew to Texas and back while the work light kept inside the wing. Technicians left the device inside the jet wing during repair tasks. The jet completed its flights to Texas and back over two days before someone discovered the work light in the wing.