Airbus issues major A320 recall after mid-air incident, threatening global flight disruption
Immediate software change on ‘significant number’ of jets to result in disruption to half the worldwide fleetAirbus said on Friday it had ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets in a recall affecting more than half of the global fleet – a move that was expected to bring major disruption during a busy weekend of travel.The setback appears to be among the largest recalls affecting Airbus in its 55-year history and comes weeks after the A320 overtook the Boeing 737 as the most-delivered model. At the time Airbus issued its bulletin to the plane’s more than 350 operators, about 3,000 A320-family jets were in the air. Continue reading...
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Immediate software change on ‘significant number’ of jets to result in disruption to half the worldwide fleet
Airbus said on Friday it had ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets in a recall affecting more than half of the global fleet – a move that was expected to bring major disruption during a busy weekend of travel.
The setback appears to be among the largest recalls affecting Airbus in its 55-year history and comes weeks after the A320 overtook the Boeing 737 as the most-delivered model. At the time Airbus issued its bulletin to the plane’s more than 350 operators, about 3,000 A320-family jets were in the air.
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