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beltertoday at 8:14 PM1 replyview on HN

Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2025-0268-E: https://ad.easa.europa.eu/ad/2025-0268-E

https://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/EASA_AD_2025_0268_E.pdf/EAD_2...

This was the incident that triggered the investigation:

https://avherald.com/h?article=52f1ffc3&opt=0

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/30/us/jetblue-flight-emergen...

List of Airbus A320 family operators: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Airbus_A320_family_ope...


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bgwaltertoday at 8:35 PM

According to the airworthiness directive:

  Affected ELAC: Elevator aileron computer (ELAC) ELAC B L104

  Serviceable ELAC: ELAC B L103+
So it's a regression that affects decades old aircraft. Of course Airbus is now also meddling with "AI":

https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/digital-transformation/...

Obviously there no direct connection here, but it seems that destabilizing perfectly working aircraft could be the product of a culture shift.

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