"It's been a bumpy few days for Airbus and its best-selling airliner. The planemaker issued a software recall for some 6,000 A320 family jets on Friday, before confirming on Monday that it had identified a quality issue with panels on some planes. Markets were spooked when Reuters first reported the quality issue: Airbus shares dipped as much as 11%, their biggest decline since April."
"This episode began on October 30, when a JetBlue A320 suddenly pitched downward during a flight from Cancún to Newark. At least 15 people were injured, and the plane diverted to Tampa, Florida. Europe's aviation safety agency then issued an emergency airworthiness directive on November 28. It said Airbus found the JetBlue incident was due to a malfunctioning computer system called the ELAC, which controls the plane's pitch and roll."
Airbus issued a software recall for about 6,000 A320 family jets after a JetBlue A320 suddenly pitched downward on October 30, injuring at least 15 people and forcing a diversion to Tampa. The European aviation safety agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive after Airbus found a malfunction in the ELAC flight-control computer; Airbus said intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to flight controls. Thousands of A320s required software fixes over the Thanksgiving weekend, with fewer than 100 still grounded by Monday. Reuters later reported a quality issue with metal panels on some A320s, prompting inspections and share-price volatility as Airbus cut its 2025 delivery target.
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