Airbus

Toronto / Delhi (Rajeev Sharma / Gurpreet Singh) : Global aviation leader Airbus has issued an urgent safety directive requiring operators of its A320-family aircraft to install a critical software update before the next scheduled flight. The move comes after the discovery that intense solar radiation could potentially interfere with vital data essential to the planes’ flight-control systems. Airbus confirmed that the issue affects the Elevator and Aileron Computer, responsible for managing the aircraft’s pitch and roll functions. The directive is expected to impact approximately 6,000 aircraft worldwide, representing roughly half of the active A320 fleet. The update, which for…