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Airbus Says A320 Software Fix Complete, No Jets Grounded

The fix followed a U.S. in-flight incident that exposed a solar-radiation risk in the A320 flight-control software.

Overview

  • CEO Guillaume Faury said all A320 aircraft currently flying have been updated and fleets have resumed normal operations.
  • On November 28, Airbus instructed more than 6,000 A320s to be kept on the ground to replace a vulnerable flight-control program identified after an October incident in the United States.
  • The retrofit moved quickly, with 4,000 of 4,400 in-service aircraft updated within three days and the remainder completed in four.
  • Airbus reports zero aircraft are now grounded for the software issue as internal reviews seek root causes and process improvements.
  • Separately, a quality problem affecting A320 fuselage panels led Airbus to trim its 2025 delivery target, with inspections under way and panel replacements limited to exceptional cases.