When it was found that high sun radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers, thousands of Airbus aircraft had to be grounded for a software upgrade. Half of the European company’s worldwide fleet, or about 6,000 A320 aircraft, were believed to be impacted, however many of them were able to resume flying within hours of receiving the update. Although there would be “some disruption and cancellations to flights,” the impact at airports seems to be minimal, according to the UK’s aviation regulator.
According to Airbus, the problem was found following a review into an October event in which a jet traveling between the United States and Mexico abruptly lost altitude. At least fifteen people were hurt when the JetBlue Airways aircraft made an emergency landing in Florida. The vulnerability affects the A318, A319, and A321 models in addition to the company’s best-selling aircraft, the A320.
It is known that the problem can be fixed on around 5,100 Airbus aircraft with a fairly straightforward software update, which would normally take three hours. Wizz Air, one airline, told the BBC that it had finished updating all of its impacted A320 aircraft overnight and that all flights on Saturday will run as usual.
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