Saudi, UAE airlines act as Airbus orders urgent safety fix for A320 aircraft

Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) airlines are adjusting operations after Europe’s Airbus issued an urgent global directive on Friday, November 28, requiring software updates across 6,000 A320-family aircraft.

The move follows a safety investigation into a JetBlue flight on October 30  when an Airbus A320 travelling from



Cancun to Newark suddenly pitched down, injuring 15 passengers. The aircraft diverted to Tampa for medical assistance.

Investigators later found that high-energy particles from a major solar storm had corrupted memory inside the aircraft’s elevator and aileron control computer, producing false commands that caused the abrupt descent.