On Saturday, worries about days of travel misery throughout Europe and the rest of the world subsided when aircraft manufacturer Airbus moved quickly to install a software update that it claimed was urgently required on almost 6,000 of its reliable A320 aircraft.
Following an incident in the United States, Europe’s leading aircraft manufacturer announced late Friday that the aircraft could not fly again until the changeover was completed, raising concerns that hundreds of aircraft might need to be grounded for extended periods. Although there were signs that the situation was more serious in Latin America and Asia, many major European airlines reported few or no cancellations as a result.
It stated that “a significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service” would be impacted by intense sun radiation, which could corrupt data essential to the operation of flight controls. The process of replacing the software will take “a few hours” for the majority of aircraft, but it “will take weeks” for some 1,000 aircraft, an insider told AFP. Based on the most recent information I have, it appears that the software modification would affect considerably fewer A320S for a more extended period of time.
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