After overcoming a software issue at the end of November, multinational European planemaker Airbus may have another mountain to climb as the month of December commences. The news comes as reports emerge that, after having largely managed to rectify an issue involving the software on more than 6,000 narrowbody twinjet commercial aircraft from its A320 family, the manufacturer has now discovered a separate quality issue.

This problem, reports suggest, doesn't concern software that needs updating due to the potential impacts of solar radiation on aircraft's flight control systems , but, rather, a more physical attribute, namely the plane's fuselage panels. While initial details on this matter remain relatively scarce, it is thought that the issue in question is a production flaw, and,

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