https://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/EASA_AD_2025_0268_E.pdf/EAD_2...
This was the incident that triggered the investigation:
https://avherald.com/h?article=52f1ffc3&opt=0
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/30/us/jetblue-flight-emergen...
List of Airbus A320 family operators: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A320_family_ope...
Affected ELAC: Elevator aileron computer (ELAC) ELAC B L104
Serviceable ELAC: ELAC B L103+
So it's a regression that affects decades old aircraft. Of course Airbus is now also meddling with "AI":https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/digital-transformation/...
Obviously there no direct connection here, but it seems that destabilizing perfectly working aircraft could be the product of a culture shift.
Apparently it has happened to an Airbus once before.
("Apply this very expensive special tape from (e.g.) 3M here and here.")
From https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-11-ai...:
Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
This is different from the core claim that the incident was caused by radiation. What are the prior probabilities that the system was exposed to "intense radiation"? Vs some other mundane cause such as a faulty wire or mechanical issues? And what is the evidence supporting the former hypothesis?100% for electronics operating at altitude. Also on the ground, but we mostly act like it doesn't happen and are usually ignorant of the root cause when it does.
JohannMac•33m ago
mertd•13m ago
F7F7F7•6m ago