Sarah Ventry
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Airbus now says that this was likely the result of intense solar radiation corrupting data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
Now, those systems will need to be updated in order to fly safely, which could cause major delays and cancellations during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
The Airbus A320 family of airplanes is now the most used aircraft in the world.
According to aviation analytics company Sirium, more than 9,000 of those planes are in use.
On October 30th, a JetBlue flight abruptly lost altitude while flying from Cancun, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey.
Several passengers were injured.
Airbus now says that this was likely the result of intense solar radiation corrupting data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
Now, those systems will need to be updated in order to fly safely, which could cause major delays and cancellations during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
The Airbus A320 family of airplanes is now the most used aircraft in the world.
According to aviation analytics company Sirium, more than 9,000 of those planes are in use.
On October 30th, a JetBlue flight abruptly lost altitude while flying from Cancun, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey.
Several passengers were injured.
Airbus now says that this was likely the result of intense solar radiation corrupting data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
Now, those systems will need to be updated in order to fly safely, which could cause major delays and cancellations during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
The Airbus A320 family of airplanes is now the most used aircraft in the world.
According to aviation analytics company Sirium, more than 9,000 of those planes are in use.