Airbus A320 family under immediate review

Airbus A320 urgent review fails airline flights cancellation FAA EASA

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Airbus has reported that a large part of the family's aircraft Airbus A320 dutyán enter reviewóImmediate n for potential flight control failure.

After publicationón emergency airworthiness directive by EASA, hundreds of duty planesán mandatory stay on the ground to correct a potential risk to the operationón aérea por radiationón solar, sí, así As they read it.

One Airbus A320 experimentó recently an uncontrolled and limited pitch descent. The autopilotáTico remainedó active throughout the incident, with a brief and limited péaltitude loss, and the rest of the flight passedó without incident.

Each filtering bag Airbus A320 a revisionón urgent

After the investigationón of that serious incident and the evaluationón tépreliminary technique carried out by Airbus identifiedó a malfunction of the affected ELAC as a possible contributing factor.

This conditionón, if not corrected, couldíto provoke, at worst, an uncontrolled movement of the timón depth that caníto exceed the structural capacity of the aircraft.

To address this possible conditionón insecure, Airbus treesó la Orden de Operationón By caráethics (AOT), with instructions for installing an ELAC in good condition.

For the reasonón described above, la Orden de Operationón By caráethics (AD) EASA.A.064 exige la installationón of an ELAC in good condition and prohíbe la installationón of an affected ELAC.

¿To whaté airplanes affects?

Not all of the huge global fleet of the A320 family isá affected, but the models included are:
A319-111, A319-112, A319-113, A319-114, A319-115, A319-131, A319-132, A319-133, A319-151N, A319-153N, A319-171N, A319-173N, A320-211, A320-212, A320-214, A320-215, A320-216, A320-231, A320-232, A320-233, A320-251N, A320-252N, A320-253N, A320-271N, A320-272N, A320-273N, A321-211, A321-212, A321-213, A321-231, A321-232, A321-251N, A321-252N, A321-253N, A321-251NX, A321-252NX, A321-253NX, A321-271N, A321-272N, A321-271NX and A321-272NX aeroplanes, all serial numbers.

Airbus speaks out

With official statement, the European manufacturer indicatesó:

El análysis of a recent event that affectedó to an A320 Family aircraft reveló que la intensa radiationón solar travelícorrupting cr dataítics for the operation of the flight controls.

In consecuense, Airbus has identified aúsignificant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in service that couldístill be affected.

Airbus has worked proactively with the aero authoritiesáutics to request precautionary measures from operatorsón immediate via TransmissionóAlert No. to Operators (AOT) in order to implement the protectionón of software and/or hardware available and guarantee the safety of the fleet to fly. This AOT will reflectá in an Emergency Airworthiness Directive of the European Safety Agency Aérea (AESA).

Airbus recognizes that these recommendations causeán interrupciones operativas para pasajeros y clientes. Lamentamos las molestias ocasionadas y colaboraremos estrechamente con los operadores, manteniendo la seguridad como nuestra principal prioridad.

Aerolíneas cancelan vuelo

Las primeras aerolíneas han empezado a anunciar sus cancelaciones y esta parte la iré updating monún nuevos datos y aerolíneas afectadas se conozcan:

Avianca cancela vuelos

Airbus informó hoy que una parte significativa de la flota mundial de aviones de la familia A320 requiere una actualización urgente de software. For this reason, las aeronaves afectadas deben permanecer en tierra al llegar a sus bases de mantenimiento hasta que se completen los trabajos necesarios. Esta directiva afecta a más of the 70 % de la flota de Avianca.

Although the aerosolíjust startá a trabajar de inmediato en las modificaciones requeridas por el fabricante, es inevitable que se produzcan importantes interrupciones operativas en los prówe moan 10 días.

Avianca ha cerrado la venta de boletos para vuelos hasta el 8 from December, inclusive, para evitar un mayor impacto y facilitar la reubicación de los pasajeros en los vuelos disponibles.

the airínea notificará directamente a los pasajeros afectados y les informará de las opciones disponibles para que puedan ajustar sus planes de viaje.

La prioridad de Avianca es garantizar la seguridad de nuestros pasajeros y tripulantes.

The compañía implementará las modificaciones requeridas por el fabricante de aeronaves lo antes posible para reanudar las operaciones y minimizar las interrupciones del servicio.

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