Overview
- Airbus said roughly 6,000 A320‑family aircraft require urgent software replacement following the discovery of a solar radiation vulnerability affecting flight‑control data.
- Less than 24 hours after the Airbus and EASA directive, carriers including American Airlines, IndiGo and easyJet reverted to earlier software across much of their fleets to sustain operations, Bloomberg reported.
- Most per‑aircraft actions take about two to three hours, with Japan’s ANA cancelling 101 flights affecting about 13,730 passengers before completing its updates on Sunday, according to Kyodo.
- Qatar Airways announced it had finished the required A320 software updates and reported only slight scheduling effects, emphasizing passenger and crew safety.
- Around 1,000 older A320s are expected to need hardware work, including ELAC computer replacements, and operators such as Air Astana, Turkish Airlines and Ajet temporarily paused A320 flights pending updates.