Airbus has issued an emergency update for 6,000 planes to protect them from falling out of the sky.

The company announced on Friday that a software flaw in the Airbus A320 family of planes could hinder pilots’ ability to steer and stabilize during solar storms. They urged all airlines using the A320 passenger jet to update their software and hardware to protect against radiation interference.

At the time of the announcement, roughly 3,000 A320 jets were in the air.

“Airbus has worked proactively with the aviation authorities to request immediate precautionary action from operators via an Alert Operators Transmission (AOT) in order to implement the available software and/or hardware protection, and ensure the fleet is safe to fly,” reads a statement from the company.

The flaw was dis

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