Airbus considers practically solved the bulk of the problem registered with the Airbus A320, after the , derived from solar radiation, was detected. An issue that forced us to update the system of nearly 6,000 aircraft of this model, which recently became the best-selling worldwide for commercial passenger aviation.
Along these lines, it was last Friday when all the alerts went off, when the incident detected was echoed and the operators were asked to adopt immediate preventive measures. Thus, an alert was launched to operators (AOT) through an alert transmission to operators so that they could proceed to implement the protection of the aforementioned softwarebut also hardware.
In a statement, the A320 manufacturer explains this Monday that the vast majority of the fleet that could potentially be affected, the aforementioned 6,000 aircraft, have already been updated. Specifically, there would be less than a hundred pending update and review tasks: “We are working with our airline customers to support the modification of the less than 100 remaining aircraft and ensure that they can return to service.”
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to passengers and airlines.
It should be noted that although the problem has not been completely solved, the reality is that it represents progress compared to the situation that broke out last Friday, in terms of flights being canceled to proceed with the necessary update and guarantee security. For example, companies such as American Airlines, Air India, the Hungarian Xizz Air or Air New Zealand suffered from the problem.
Thus, Airbus has pointed out that “the company thanks its customers, the authorities, its employees and all interested parties for their support in the application of these measures, as well as their understanding of Airbus’ decision to put safety before any other consideration.”
