Less than a hundred Airbus planes from the A320 range remain immobilized due to vulnerable control software, among the approximately 6 thousand aircraft potentially affected, the aeronautical manufacturer announced this Monday.
In a statement, Airbus states that “the vast majority” of these aircraft have been modified since the problem was announced on Friday.
The manufacturer says it is now working with airlines to “modify the less than 100 remaining aircraft to ensure they can be returned to service”.
Airbus announced on Friday the recall of approximately 6,000 A320 aircraft for urgent replacement of the flight control software, due to problems caused by exposure to solar radiation.
In a statement, the aeronautical manufacturer said it had asked all airline customers using this software to “immediately suspend their flights” after analyzing a technical incident that occurred on October 30 on a JetBlue flight between Cancún, Mexico, and Newark, near New York, when an aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida.
Analysis of the incident “revealed that intense solar radiation can corrupt data essential for the operation of flight controls”.
The Airbus A320, which entered service in 1988, is the best-selling aircraft in the world. At the end of September, Airbus had delivered 12,257 A320 aircraft (including business class versions).