"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. Airbus said Friday that an examination of the JetBlue incident revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls on the A320 family of aircraft."
"Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury apologized to customers after the required fix led to "significant logistical challenges and delays." "Our teams are working around the clock to support our operators and ensure these updates are deployed as swiftly as possible to get planes back in the sky and resume normal operations, with the safety assurance you expect from Airbus," he wrote in a message posted on LinkedIn on Saturday."
An analysis linked a sudden JetBlue altitude drop to possible corruption of flight-control data on Airbus A320-family aircraft caused by intense solar radiation affecting onboard computers. Regulators including the FAA and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency mandated a software update to address the issue, affecting more than 500 U.S.-registered aircraft and many more worldwide. Airlines implemented the update, causing short-term schedule disruptions and cancellations, including All Nippon Airways canceling 65 domestic flights. Airbus acknowledged the problem stemmed from a prior software update, apologized for logistical challenges, and said most aircraft updates take about two hours.
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