Airlines Return to Schedule After Urgent Airbus A320 Recall
Photo Credit: The Airbus A320 family is the world's best-selling narrowbody jet. Airbus/ Master Films
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A major safety advisory for the world’s most widely flown jet had airlines scrambling to assess the operational impact.
Airlines around the world are returning to normal after a major safety alert caused thousands of planes to be grounded.
On Friday, Airbus issued an urgent advisory after identifying a safety issue impacting its best-selling A320 aircraft. In a statement, the company said “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls” on some jets.
Airbus said the issue raised safety concerns across a “significant number” of aircraft.
The fixes and inspections triggered knock-on flight delays, cancellations, and scheduling challenges for some carriers. Airbus apologized for the disruption but emphasized that safety remains its “number one and overriding priority.”
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