Thu, April 16, 2026
New Delhi- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Sunday that all Indian airlines have completed the mandatory software upgrade for their operational Airbus A320 family aircraft.
The upgrade addresses a potential safety risk in which strong solar radiation could interfere with flight-control data.
According to the DGCA, all 323 A320-family aircraft operated by IndiGo, Air India, and Air India Express have now been updated. This includes all 200 IndiGo planes, 100 of Air India’s 113 aircraft, and 23 of 25 operated by Air India Express.
Officials noted that four Air India aircraft are currently in base maintenance and will receive the upgrade there, while nine others do not require the modification. Two Air India Express planes are in maintenance and will be returned to their lessors.
The action follows an alert issued by Airbus on Friday. The manufacturer warned that during periods of intense solar activity—such as solar flares—the aircraft’s Elevator and Aileron Computer (ELAC) could momentarily malfunction.
The ELAC controls the aircraft’s pitch (up-and-down movement) and roll (turning ability). In rare cases, corrupted data could briefly affect how the aircraft climbs, descends, or turns.
Following Airbus’s advisory, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) released an Emergency Airworthiness Directive. The DGCA issued its own directive on Saturday, instructing Indian carriers to implement the software fix immediately.
Air India Express said on X that it completed the precautionary checks on its A320 fleet within the prescribed deadlines. The airline added that seamless coordination among its engineering, operations, and flight-safety teams — along with support from Airbus and regulators — ensured minimal disruption to operations.
With the upgrades now complete, DGCA officials confirmed that India’s entire operational A320 fleet is now fully safe and compliant with the latest international airworthiness standards.
With inputs from IANS
| 14-09-2018 | ||||||
| Sl No. | Parameters | Actual Data(µg/m3) | Standard Limit(µg/m3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PM 10 | 64 | 100 |
| 2 | PM 2.5 | 33 | 60 |
| 3 | SO2 | 55.3 | 80 |
| 4 | NO2 | 58.2 | 80 |
| 14-09-2018 | ||||||
| Station | Temperature(degree centigrade) | Rainfall(mm) | Relative humidity(%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Past 24 hrs. | Since 1st March, 2018 | Max | Min | |
| Ranchi | 31.0 | 22.5 | 000.0 | 1010.1 | 95 | 66 |
| Jamshedpur | 34.1 | 26.2 | 000.0 | 1252.8 | 87 | 58 |
| Bokaro | 33.5 | 24.6 | 015.2 | 824.0 | 92 | 79 |
| Daltonganj | 32.6 | 24.9 | 004.2 | 960.9 | 95 | 67 |
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