JetBlue Newark Flight Fried By Radiation Forces Emergency Grounding Of 6,000 Planes And Mass Recalls

After the government shutdown and its delays, another mishap is grounding flights. During one of the busiest travel periods of the year, to boot.

This time, the issue isn’t staffing or airspace congestion— it’s radiation . Airbus confirmed that a recent in-flight incident involving a JetBlue A320 exposed a previously unknown vulnerability in the aircraft’s flight-control systems.

Now, the manufacturer is ordering immediate inspections and repairs for roughly 6,000 A320 aircraft, the most successful aircraft family ever built . Here’s what passengers need to know as multiple air carriers race to get their fleets back in service.

Solar Flares May Have Corrupted Critical Flight-Control Data During A Recent JetBlue Flight

Airbus has recently found evidence suggesting that intense solar