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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A software rollback typically takes a few hours. By contrast, removing and replacing an ELAC is a maintenance task that needs a serviceable spare, certified procedures, and shop time, which can take days or weeks depending on parts availability and maintenance-station capacity.

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The autopilot depends on flawless data coming from ADIRUs and being processed by ELAC/SEC. A corrupted value (altitude, attitude, acceleration) can cause the autopilot to instantly disconnect. 

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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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Airbus design philosophy and pilot training include fallback to manual control in degraded states: the pilot must be able to control the aircraft even if flight-control protections and enhancements are lost. 

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