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Flights disrupted as Airbus requests modifications to thousands of aircraft
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Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data
The issue is thought to affect 6,000 planes, which will need to undergo an urgent software update or have computers replaced.
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Airbus has warned flights will be disrupted after it requested immediate modifications to thousands of planes over the discovery that intense radiation from the sun could corrupt data crucial to flight controls.
About 6,000 planes are thought to be affected, about half the European aerospace giant’s global fleet, but it is understood most will be able to…