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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