Airbus has announced a sweeping recall requiring immediate repairs on 6,000 A320 planes, affecting more than half of the global fleet.

It appears to be one of the biggest recalls Airbus has faced in its 55-year history and comes just weeks after the A320 surpassed the Boeing 737 as the most-produced aircraft.

The move was triggered by a recent incident involving an A320-family aircraft, which revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.

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Industry sources said roughly two-thirds of the affected aircraft will face only short groundings as airlines roll back to an earlier software version.

However, hundreds of jets may also need hardware replacements, potentially leading to much longer

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