This is a composite wing isnt it?
What if this thing started to delaminate in flight? How much of the wing are you willing to live without? This was an inexcusable compromise of airline safety. This is one of those situations that would end up on the History Channels ‘Seconds to Disaster’.
The conclusion to the episode would be “The Airbus Corporation issued a directive stating the A380 is no longer allowed to fly with half a wing hacked off”. One of those obvious situations that we would LOVE to find before the plane makes a smoking hole in the middle of your town.
No.
This was an inexcusable compromise of airline safety.
You don't know what you're talking about. It was definitely bad PR, but I doubt it was unsafe. I'm sure they checked the structural integrity of the wing before they let it fly.