Overview
- Airbus said the required software corrections have been completed on the majority of roughly 6,000 affected A320-family aircraft, leaving fewer than 100 to finish.
- EASA identified the problem as an elevator-control software defect that, if left unaddressed, could push the aircraft beyond structural performance limits.
- On Nov. 28, Airbus instructed operators to install the fix immediately and apologized as maintenance actions triggered cancellations and delays.
- ANA reported 95 domestic cancellations affecting about 13,200 passengers in Japan during the work, and Fukuoka airport said operations have returned to normal.
- Reuters reported inspections for a separate fuselage-panel quality issue on a subset of jets, and Airbus shares fell as much as about 11% intraday before closing around 6% lower on Dec. 1.