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Air travel across the world is set for a challenging weekend after Airbus announced an urgent software update for a large share of its A320 family aircraft. The company has asked operators to install a new software package immediately and this could affect a “significant number” of planes from its most popular fleet.

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India’s aviation regulator said on Saturday that IndiGo had completed the reset on 184 out of 200 aircraft. Air India said it has successfully completed the reset on over 90% of its operating A320 family aircraft. AirAsia said it aimed to complete fixes in 48 hours.

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European aerospace giant said that the issue affects the A320, its best-selling aircraft, and some other models from the same design fleet, like the A318, A319 and the A321.

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Airbus has acknowledged the issue and apologised for disruption, calling safety its “number-one priority.” Regulators like EASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have launched investigations into the incident. 

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The A321XLR (Extra Long Range) is the latest and most advanced A320-family variant. With a range of about 4,700 nautical miles, it can fly routes like Delhi–London or Mumbai–Paris with narrow-body economics. 

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Indian airlines, including IndiGo and Air India, operate A320-family aircraft that were assembled in Tianjin. Airlines do not distinguish between Tianjin-built or Europe-built A320s because all are functionally identical and meet the same global safety standards.

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Both IndiGo and Air India say they are “prioritising safety first” and coordinating with regulators and maintenance teams.

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Some A320s are flown in Indian skies but registered abroad, while others are India-registered but operated internationally. This fluid movement makes it difficult to produce a precise, stable count at any one moment.

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A single real-world “bit-flip” event in flight-control software, reportedly caused or aggravated by high-altitude radiation, caused an A320 to behave unpredictably. 

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During solar storms or coronal mass ejections, the Sun releases massive bursts of radiation. When those particles hit Earth’s atmosphere, aviation risk spikes dramatically, sometimes by 1000 per cent.

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From flight-control computers to electrical power systems and cockpit displays, modern aircraft operate as interconnected networks. While they are isolated from passenger WiFi, they still depend on hundreds of embedded processors. 

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The problem is that intense solar and cosmic radiation at high altitudes can affect the working of the ELAC computer, which controls the elevators and ailerons. These are aerodynamic surfaces that are used to make the aircraft pitch up or down or roll to turn.

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A Bhopal-based man hired a 180-seater A320 plane of a private carrier to ferry four family members to New Delhi, in a bid to avoid crowd at the airport and in flight amid the coronavirus crisis.

Madhya Pradesh man hires a 180-seater plane to ferry four family members

At a time European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, is embroiled in a global bribery scandal and the settlement of multi-nation investigations, Indian agencies have intensified a probe to see if $2.

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A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Khmeimim airbase on Thursday after coming under fire from Syrian air defences, Russia's defence ministry said on Friday.

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Flydubai's chairman warned on Monday the airline could order Airbus A320neos as replacements for Boeing 737 MAX jets, telling the US planemaker to improve communication with customers.

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It could not be determined whether the fire was caused by a mechanical malfunction or a malicious act, the report said

EgyptAir flight 804 broke up midair after fire: New York Times

The information may help explain why the Airbus A320 jet plunged into the sea

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The second vessel, operated by Mauritius-based Deep Ocean Search, will be equipped with sonar equipment and an underwater vehicle

Second specialist vessel to join EgyptAir black box search

It could be eight days before the black box is recovered, French transport minister Alain Vidaleis said

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