JetBlue pilot calls Air Force near-miss 'outrageous'
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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.
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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,
Airbus SE cautioned that more than half of its active A320 jetliner family fleet will need a software fix after a recent incident involving a JetBlue Airways Corp. airliner revealed that “intense solar radiation” could corrupt data that helps maintain functioning flight controls.
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 .
JetBlue Airways has modestly reduced expectations for its year-end operational performance in response to a trio of disruptions - Hurricane Melissa, the US federal government shutdown and the global grounding of Airbus A320-family jets.
Airbus said in a statement on Friday that the recalls were issued because the company found that intense solar radiation could “corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls” in its A320s.
The United States Department of Transportation ( DOT) has stated that travelers affected by the recent grounding of Airbus A320 family aircraft are not eligible for compensation, despite the significant disruptions they experienced. The news was first reported by Reuters.