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Shares in Airbus earlier fell more than 10 percent on Monday in Paris following media reports that quality problems with fuselage panels had delayed delivery of some of its top-selling A320 aircraft.

"We are restoring the port wing, the nose and finishing the rear fuselage," says Mr Panton.

Mr Ramesh also spoke about the physical injuries he suffered in the crash, which saw him escape his seat - 11A - through an opening in the fuselage.

Regulators, blaming Boeing’s emphasis on production over quality, imposed the production limit after a fuselage panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet midair in early 2024.

Preliminary information showed that the wing of the Roanoke-bound plane made contact with the fuselage of the plane arriving from Charlotte, Delta said.