Fewer than 100 Airbus A320 Jets Await Critical Software Update After Glitch Hit 6,000 Aircraft
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Airbus transmitted updated information on the preventive measures applied to A320 families after alerting on 28 November by type of Alert Operators Transmission (AOT). In the official document, the European producer explained that, from about 6,000 potential affected aircraft, the majority had already benefited from the necessary modifications, and “less than 100 aircraft” are still in the process of remedying. The announcement comes after a wee…
Fewer than 100 Airbus A320 jets await critical software update after glitch hit 6,000 aircraft
The update comes days after Airbus on Friday announced that affected planes could not fly until a critical software update, with the issue coming to flight following an incident in the United States that highlighted a risk to the A320 family of aircraft.
Less than 100 Airbus in the A320 range remain immobilized due to vulnerable control software, out of the approximately 6000 aircraft involved.
It is a black series for the European aircraft manufacturer. A few days after having recalled 6 000 aircraft requiring software update, Airbus has to maintain its...
Loading the appropriate software (you see the title if you look at it) on an A320 – Photo by Iván Martínez via Éric Besora On Friday, November 28, 2025 Airbus sent a warning to all operators of the Airbus A320 family to review and, if necessary, change the software of computers that control eavesdroppers and deep rudders. They calculated that this would affect about half of the nearly 12,000 aircraft in operation. By Monday, December 1, just 72 …
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