Before the accident, the aircraft had operated three ... According to Aviation24.be, the Asiana Airbus A380 struck the FJ elevator and continued on its journey none the wiser.

Phil Cooke—flightlineimages.com With the Airbus A380 weighing in fully loaded at 1,265,000 pounds, you might think stopping it within a reasonable distance after landing would require a Phalanx ...

While Emirates did place an order for 50 A350-900s, the result of the decrease in A380 orders was that Airbus would shutter production in 2021.