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A320 Fleet Hit With Emergency Flight-Control Directive

The EASA directive, published late Friday, requires airlines to replace certain Elevator Aileron Computers - identified as ELAC B L104 units - before the aircraft's next flight. The mandate applies to A319, A320, and A321 aircraft across both CEO and NEO variants.

Airbus Recalls 6,000 Planes After Solar Flare Corrupted Flight Control Data

Airbus recalled 6,000 planes in its A320 fleet after it discovered "intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls."
The Week

How does solar flares affect flight control computers? Airbus grounds A320 aircrafts for simple software updates

Airbus issues a global alert for thousands of A 320 flights after the company discovers that its software is vulnerable to solar radiation
FlightGlobal

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 determination follows analysis of a recent event involving the single-aisle type.
Aviation Today

Next Generation Perigon Flight Control Computer to See First Placement in Defiant X Helicopter

The next generation Collins Aerospace Perigon flight control computer has received its first airframe selection as it will become a central part of the avionics featured on the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X advanced utility helicopter.

Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening global flight disruption

Europe's Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and disruption worldwide.

Major Flight Disruption Expected As Airbus Upgrades 6,000 A320 Aircraft

Airbus on Friday warned of potential travel disruption as it upgrades some 6,000 operational A320 aircraft, after an incident on a JetBlue flight last month.
SUAS News

Thales and Diehl join Airbus to develop flight control computers for CityAirbus NextGen

Airbus has signed a trilateral agreement with Thales and Diehl Aerospace for the joint development of the flight control computers of CityAirbus NextGen. The central flight control system of CityAirbus NextGen, the electric vertical take-off and landing ...
Aviation Today

Diehl and Thales to Develop Flight Control Computers for CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL

Diehl, the Germany-based aircraft systems supplier and Thales, the Toulouse-based avionics maker, will each supply the flight control computers for the CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft revealed by Airbus during ...
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