European planemaker Airbus ordered airlines on Friday to perform an immediate software fix on thousands of A320-family jets, addressing a bug that could cause control problems during flights.
In a statement, the planemaker said that analysis of a recent incident had revealed a problem in which "intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls" during solar flares.
The problem was found after a JetBlue A320 flying from Mexico's Cancun International Airport (CUN) to New York's Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) on Oct. 30 experienced a sudden drop in altitude, injuring 15 people.
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