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- Airbus has ordered an immediate software change on a "significant number" of its A320 family of jets, a move experts expect will ground thousands of flights.
- The recall comes after a JetBlue plane’s nose dropped for several seconds without the pilot’s input during an Oct. 30 flight, according to a European safety agency.
- American Airlines says the news will disrupt more than 300 flights for its airline alone, while Air Canada says"very few" of its planes are affected.
November 28
12 minutes agoSome of Delta’s planes expected to be impacted, airline says
Jenna Benchetrit
Delta Airlines is expecting that a small portion of its Airbus A320 family fleet will be impacted by the recall.
The update will probably be completed by Saturday morning, a spokesperson said.
"As safety comes before everything else, Delta will fully comply with a directive and expects any resulting operational impact to be limited."
The airline isn’t cancelling any flights at this point.
'We don’t expect any impact on our operations,' Air Canada says
Jenna Benchetrit
A spokesperson for Air Canada told CBC News that"very few of our aircraft use that version of the software and we don’t expect any impact on our operations."
WestJet and Porter, meanwhile, don’t have any A320 aircrafts listed on their websites.
Connecting flights with other airlines could still be delayed by a knock-on effect, as they were during the U.S. government shutdown earlier this month.
‘Intense solar radiation’ might be compromising software, company says
Jenna Benchetrit
Hi there, I’m the senior business writer with CBC News in Toronto.
Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, says the software update needs to be carried out before the next routine flight.
It said in a statement that"intense solar radiation" might be messing with data "critical" to part of the A320 fleet’s flight controls.
Airbus software change could ground thousands of jets around the world
Sarah Petz
I’m a writer with the CBC News based in Toronto.
Europe-based company Airbus announced on Friday it’s ordering an immediate software change on a significant number of its A320 family of jets, a move that would bring disruption to thousands of jets around the world, Reuters is reporting.
Thus far, American Airlines has said the issue impacts about 340 of its aircraft and that it expects some operational delays.
