Airbus A350-900 Crash in Tokyo Puts Spotlight on Carbon Fiber Composite Materials
TOKYO – The recent fiery plane collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport has brought attention to the use of carbon fiber composite materials in aircraft, as they are increasingly used to reduce weight. The Japan Airlines aircraft involved in the incident was a wide-body Airbus A350-900, which burst into flames after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard plane on the runway. A350s have been in service since 2015, with 571 currently flying worldwide as of November, …