Airbus Says Most A320s Now Fixed After Solar-Radiation Software Flaw Prompted Global Updates

Airlines across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America have spent the past week grounding aircraft.
Airbus Says Most A320s Now Fixed After Solar-Radiation Software Flaw Prompted Global Updates
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320 is silhouetted against the setting moon while approaching for landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 23, 2024. AP Photo/Armando Franca, File
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Airbus announced on Dec. 1 that it has modified most of the 6,000 A320-family aircraft affected by a mandatory global software update, a fix prompted by an in-flight incident last month that investigators linked to corrupted flight-control data.

The European planemaker reported that the “vast majority” of aircraft had received the required changes, leaving fewer than 100 still awaiting updates.

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