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Airbus Orders Emergency A320 Recall After Solar Radiation Corrupts Flight-Control Data

Airbus has issued an urgent safety directive covering a substantial portion of its A320-family aircraft after a recent in-flight event indicated that extreme levels of solar radiation can corrupt ...
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Airbus Recalls 6,000 Planes After Solar Flare Corrupted Flight Control Data

Solar flares potentially destroying human civilization seems like a premise ripped from science fiction. However, there's a grain of truth in how fragile our tiny blue marble is as it hurtles around ...
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Urgent A320 directive drawn up as solar radiation incident reveals flight-control vulnerability

European safety regulators have issued an emergency directive after flight-control data on Airbus A320-family jets was found to be vulnerable to high levels of solar radiation. Airbus says the ...
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Airlines race to fix Airbus planes after warning solar radiation could cause pilots to lose control

Airlines around the world are racing to avoid widespread cancellations by fixing thousands of Airbus aircraft that need immediate maintenance to protect from a problem that injured passengers and ...