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Airbus issues major A320 recall after flight-control incident
- On Friday, Airbus SE asked operators to implement an immediate software upgrade for the A320 family, covering around 6,000 jets worldwide as a precaution and apologising for disruption.
- After an Oct. 30 JetBlue Flight 1230 incident, Airbus found intense solar radiation may corrupt flight-control data, causing a sudden altitude drop and a diversion to Tampa, Florida, injuring passengers.
- Most planes need only a software patch, while more than 1,000 older aircraft require hardware retrofits, with updates taking about two hours and three flights without passengers allowed.
- EASA issued an emergency directive Friday, and the FAA is expected to follow while American Airlines and Delta Air Lines update about 340 aircraft during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
- Given the A320 family’s ubiquity, the recall ranks among Airbus’s largest and strains airline maintenance shops already juggling schedules for more than 9,000 aircraft worldwide.
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Airbus is inspecting panels on its A320 jets after quality control issues surfaced. The company identified a supplier problem affecting metal panels on some A320 aircraft.
·United States
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Passengers warned of travel disruption as software update issued for Airbus 320
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the main certifying authority for the A320 family of aircraft, issued the instruction on Friday night as a "precautionary action"
·London, United Kingdom
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Airlines in several countries are working hard to resolve the computer problem on Airbus A320 machines. In the case of aircraft of this type, a new software must be installed in the short term after the Airbus Group had informed about the necessary improvement.
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