Airbus Glitch To Disrupt Hundreds Of IndiGo, Air India Flights This Week — What It Means For Indian Flyers

Air travel across India is bracing for major disruption this weekend after Airbus issued a global safety directive requiring a software and hardware update to its A320 family aircraft. In India, more than

350 A320-series airplanes operated by IndiGo and Air India (including its subsidiaries) could be temporarily grounded for the update. According to sources cited by news agency PTI, between 200 and 250 aircraft in India require immediate software updates or hardware realignments, forcing airlines to ground planes as engineers carry out the fixes. Air carriers IndiGo, Air India, and Air India Express are bracing for widespread flight disruptions. Domestic operators estimate that the grounded jets will remain out of service for two to three days, with normal operations expected to resume by Monday or Tuesday.

What Airbus said

Airbus has issued an urgent safety directive covering a substantial portion of its A320-family aircraft after a recent in-flight event indicated that extreme levels of solar radiation can corrupt critical data used by the flight-control computers. The European manufacturer confirmed on Friday that it is mandating an immediate software modification across the fleet, with industry figures estimating the recall will involve nearly 6,000 aircraft. That number represents well over half of the world’s active A320-family jets, making the recall one of the largest in Airbus’s history.In a statement, Airbus said the incident exposed a vulnerability that could, under certain atmospheric conditions, interfere with the digital architecture governing the aircraft’s flight-control logic. The company did not identify the airline involved or the location of the event but described the issue as significant enough to require immediate action. “Airbus acknowledges these recommendations will lead to operational disruptions to passengers and customers,” the manufacturer said, noting that the update must be installed before affected jets can resume unrestricted service.