EASA issues an urgent Airbus A320 emergency airworthiness directive after a JetBlue flight control incident. Thousands of jets require rapid repairs.

The FAA is now requiring U.S. airlines to complete the Airbus software fix before 12:01 a.m. Sunday — a new federal deadline that comes as carriers race to update thousands of jets ahead of the busiest travel day of the year.

Airbus identified an apparent issue relating to "intense solar radiation," which "may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls" and recommended an emergency software update to the A320 family of aircraft – a common passenger plane for U.S. carriers.

Two major aviation authorities say a widely used Airbus aircraft requires a rapid software fix after a JetBlue plane experienced a sharp altitude drop linked to corrupted flight-control data.

Airbus issued an urgent directive on a “significant number" of A320 family aircraft, potentially disrupting travel. Here’s what we know.

The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing to mirror EASA's emergency airworthiness directive requiring Airbus A320-family aircraft receive software updates before further flight, following a solar radiation interference incident that affected a JetBlue flight in October.

Following a sudden drop in altitude on a JetBlue A320 last month, Airbus orders software and hardware corrections across thousands of aircraft globally.

BUFFALO, New York -- A pilot was removed from a JetBlue flight in Buffalo Wednesday after police say he blew more than four times the legal limit for alcohol. The 52-year-old pilot, James Clifton, may face federal charges. Authorities say a TSA officer at ...