Some aviation companies are screening their wide-body aircraft for loose components during scheduled servicing to identify potential manufacturing defects. Airbus has recommended that certain airlines perform these audits on A330neo jets to locate stray items that may have been left behind during the aircraft assembly process this year.

The guidance is part of a response to a previously disclosed quality lapse and instructs operators to conduct the checks as planes undergo routine maintenance. The company has not specified the total number of aircraft potentially affected by the assembly error.