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Sun Glare Flight Control Flaw: Airbus A320 Recall Grounds 200+ Indian Flights; Delays Expected

Several flights run by the Indian carriers IndiGo, Air India, and Air India Express are likely to be disrupted in the coming days following the detection of a major technical defect across the global ...
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Intense solar radiation risk? Why Airbus pushed an A320 software update — impact on flights, ops explained

Airbus has issued an urgent global alert to A320-family operators, instructing them to immediately fix a newly identified software problem that could affect flight-control systems on thousands of ...
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A320 grounding linked to software update designed to protect against in-flight loss of control

Investigations into an October in-flight upset involving a JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 have yet to reach any firm conclusions, but suspicions of a solar particle strike have proven sufficient to order ...
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Airbus orders A320 fixes following flight-control incident

Airbus ordered fixes on a large number of A320-family aircraft after discovering that intense solar radiation can corrupt data essential to flight-control systems. The recall may cause travel ...
Flightglobal

Ditched A320 crew had full hydraulics and electrical systems

Sources close to the investigation of the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching say the Airbus A320’s left engine continued to run at about 35% fan speed (N1)… Sources close to the investigation of the US ...
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IndiGo announces mandatory Airbus system upgrade across A320 fleet

New Delhi: IndiGo has announced the completion of a mandatory Airbus system upgrade across its entire A320-family fleet, confirming that all 200 aircraft are now fully compliant with the latest safety ...