Air France is Scary as Fuck

From Dailymail:
An Air France jet flew for five days before ground crews noticed that 30 screws were missing from one of its wings.

The Airbus A340 plane had undergone routine maintenance in China, before flying to Paris and then on to the US before the potentially disastrous blunder was finally spotted.
The plane, which can carry up to 440 passengers, was grounded in Boston while a 'large protective panel' was screwed back into place.

The gaffe was revealed in an internal union document leaked to French news agency AFP.

Air France have blamed aircraft mechanics in the Chinese city of Xiamen, were the airline's jets are often serviced because of lower costs.

An Air France technical operations spokesman said: 'The plane flew for several days before it was grounded because one third of the screws holding down a piece of bodywork were missing.

'It was part of the outer covering of the wing and at no point was flight safety compromised.'

Are you fucking kidding me Air France? Oh sure, blame it on the cheap-ass mechanics in China you pay .50$ an hour to fix your COMMERCIAL AIRLINER. I mean goddamnit I don't mind companies using China to make Barbies and shit, but to fix airplanes?

What the fuck. If you ever think I'm flying Air France you are out of your fucking mind. I love the spokesman saying that at no point flight safety was compromised. Well even if it wasn't bro, I think you should notice earlier than 5 days when a panel on the wing is hanging on by a third the screws it should have. Seems kinda dangerous doesn't it? Just a little?

Fucking French.