European airplane manufacturer Airbus has taken precautionary fleet action for the hugely popular Airbus A320 family of aircraft. It appears that after a recent event, intense solar radiation could have corrupted data that is critical to the operation of flight controls.

Subsequently, Airbus has identified that a large number of A320 aircraft in operation around the globe may be impacted by the corrupted data; thus is now actively working with aviation authorities to briefly ground aircraft to have them revert to previous software versions. This specifically relates to the core A320 model.

An Emergency Airworthiness Directive

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency is to issue an airworthiness directive, which, paired with aviation authorities around the globe, could see wid

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