After an A320 aircraft unexpectedly lost altitude and 15 passengers were injured in October, Airbus linked the incident to damage suffered by flight software due to "intense solar radiation". However, experts have raised questions about the company’s analysis.

Following the sudden altitude drop incident during a Mexico-US flight on October 30, Airbus ordered immediate repairs to its 6,000 A320 planes.

What Airbus said

“Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls,” Airbus said on November 28.

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Later, it said that necessary modifications were carried out. “Out of a total number of around 6,000 aircraft potent

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