Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions ahead of the weekend as they patched software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after analysis found that computer code may have contributed to the sudden decline in aircraft numbers. JetBlue plane height last month.
Airbus The US airline said on Friday that an examination of the JetBlue incident revealed that intense solar radiation could have corrupted data critical to the operation of flight control devices on the A320 family of aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration has joined the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in requiring airlines to address the problem with a new software update. More than 500 aircraft registered in the United States will be affected.
The European Union safety agency said this could cause “short-term disruption” to flight schedules. The agency stated that the problem appeared due to a software update for the computers on board the plane.
In Japan, All Nippon Airways, which operates more than 30 aircraft, canceled 65 domestic flights on Saturday. She added that more flights could be canceled on Sunday.
The program change comes as American travelers begin to return home after the Thanksgiving holiday The busiest travel time in the country.
American Airlines owns about 480 A320 family aircraft, of which 209 are affected. The airline said the repair should take about two hours for many planes, and updates for the vast majority should be completed by Friday. A bunch will be completed on Saturday.
American expected some delays but said it was focusing on reducing cancellations. She said safety would be her top priority.
Air India at X said its engineers were working on the fix and had completed the reset on more than 40% of the aircraft that needed it. She added that there were no cancellations.
Delta said it expects the problem to affect fewer than 50 of its A321neo aircraft. United said six planes in its fleet were affected, and it expects minor disruptions on a small number of flights. Hawaiian Airlines said it was not affected.
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Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Saturday that the ITA is working to resolve the issue. He said that the component needed to modernize the plane is on its way to Istanbul with the technician for installation. Liu was scheduled to travel from Istanbul, Turkey, to Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday afternoon.
In France, Transport Minister Philippe Tabaro said the situation had stabilized as several software updates had already been installed. He said the impact was limited in the country, with an “almost complete return to normal at French airports.”
In the UK, disruption has also been minimal. British Airways, for example, said that only three of its aircraft needed to be upgraded, while easyJet indicated that there may be changes to its flight schedule as a result of the upgrade, in which case passengers would be informed.
German carrier Lufthansa said most of the software updates were completed overnight and on Saturday morning. She added that no Lufthansa Group flights are expected to be canceled due to the current situation, but there may be slight delays over the weekend.
Scandinavian carrier SAS said its flights were operating as usual on Saturday, after teams worked through the night to install the required software.
The problem can be addressed between flights or during aircraft inspections at night, said Mike Stengel, a partner at aviation industry management consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory.
“It’s certainly not ideal for this to happen on an omnipresent plane during a busy weekend,” said Stengel from Ann Arbor, Michigan. “Although the silver lining again is that the software update should only take a few hours.”
At least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured and taken to hospital after the incident on October 30 On the plane from Cancun, Mexico, to Newark, New Jersey. The plane was diverted to Tampa, Florida.
Airbus, registered in the Netherlands but headquartered in France, is one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, along with Boeing.
Stengel said the A320 is the main competitor to the Boeing 737. He said Airbus updated its engine in mid-2010, and planes in this category are called the A320neo.
The A320 is the world’s best-selling single-aisle family of aircraft, according to the Airbus website.
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Associated Press writers Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo, Jennifer Kelleher in Honolulu, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Pan Bilas in London and Nicole Winfield in Istanbul contributed to this report.