Display of delays and cancellations following the Airbus A320 software update at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, November 29, 2025. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP
It was a major blow for Airbus. On the evening of Friday, November 28, A320 flight cancellations and delays were announced worldwide for the following hours and at least through Sunday, after a notice was issued by the world's leading aerospace company. Airbus informed airlines operating its A320 medium-haul aircraft that they must take "immediate precautionary action" and stop all flights after an "event" occurred in the United States at the end of October on a JetBlue aircraft.
This technical incident was linked to a failure in software embedded in an ELAC computer, manufactured by the French company Thales. Analysis of the problem that affected the JetBlue aircraft revealed that "intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls," Airbus said.
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