Thousands of Airbus A320 airliners around the world might require a software update, potentially causing flight delays or cancellations during the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend .

The emergency update stems from an incident Oct. 30 when a JetBlue flight traveling from Cancun, Mexico, to Newark, New Jersey, experienced an issue with its flight controls. The plane dropped about 100 feet in seven seconds, according to preliminary flight data from Flightradar24, and was diverted to Tampa, Florida.

Between 15 and 20 people were injured and taken to area hospitals upon landing , according to Vivian Shedd, a spokesperson for Tampa Fire Rescue.

Airbus identified an apparent issue relating to "intense solar radiation," which "may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight con

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