Airbus Narrows Software Crisis
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Airlines have moved with remarkable speed to adopt a software fix for the Elevator Aileron Computer (ELAC) on Airbus A320 Family aircraft after Airbus and EASA sounded the warning on Friday about a flight control vulnerability affecting roughly half of the A320s in the world fleet.
FAA Statement The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) for certain Airbus A319 and A320/321 airplanes. The EAD requires replacing or modifying the software that controls the airplanes’ elevator ailerons. The EAD is effective…
Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month.
Airlines globally faced delays and cancellations due to Airbus's announcement of a software upgrade for its A320 family, prompted by a recent incident involving a JetBlue flight that experienced a dangerous altitude drop.
Airlines affected by a sweeping recall of Airbus A320 jets to fix a software glitch must carry out the work before the next flight, excluding any re-positioning flight to a repair base, an Airbus bulletin to airlines showed on Friday.
The DGCA ordered airlines in India to temporarily ground Airbus A320 family aircraft for mandatory software and system modifications following an Airbus/EASA warning that solar radiation could corrupt flight-control data.
The Manila Times on MSN
Travel chaos fears ease after Airbus intervenes on software fix
Fears of days of travel chaos across Europe and the world eased on Saturday after plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to implement a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on some 6,