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‘Cosmic Rays’ from Distant Supernova May Have Caused JetBlue Flight to Drop Mid-Air, Expert Says
A space and radiation expert is disputing Airbus' recent explanation of an in-flight incident that left at least 15 people injured in October. Clive Dyer tells Space.com the incident was likely caused by 'cosmic rays' from a distant supernova,
Air-ground radio communications have revealed that a JetBlue Airbus A320 crew in the Caribbean was startled by a US Air Force tanker in their vicinity which apparently did not have its transponder active.
How the JetBlue A320 triggered fleet-wide checks demonstrated the fragility and the resilience of today’s software-driven aviation systems . The hidden fragility of modern aviation revealed by a single A320: The Airbus weekend crisis .
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring all operators of A320-family jets to install “serviceable” ELAC units or immediately revert to a previous,
Investigations into an October in-flight upset involving a JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 have yet to reach any firm conclusions, but suspicions of a solar particle strike have proven sufficient to order an extraordinary temporary grounding of half the world's A320-family fleet.
Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial plane after an analysis found computer code may have contributed