Airlines have updated the software of their family planes. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shared this information on Saturday evening. Software update is yet to be done in 68 aircraft. Work is going on on these planes. According to DGCA, necessary changes have been made in more than 80 percent of the aircraft. Now these aircraft have become more updated and stronger than before.
According to DGCA, 69 out of 113 aircraft of Air India have been upgraded. So far 184 aircraft of Indigo have been upgraded. 17 out of 25 Air India Express have been upgraded. Airlines say that all the planes will be completely upgraded by tonight. Air India and Air India Express on Saturday started updating the software of the A320 family plane, so that possible problems in flight control can be fixed. Due to this work, flights were delayed and some flights were also cancelled.
Problems related to flight control are being fixed
According to a media report, in the latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), IndiGo and Air India did not cancel any flights, while Air India Express canceled four flights due to changes in the system. However, sources said that flights have been delayed by 60 to 90 minutes at different airports. According to DGCA data, the A320 family aircraft operated by Indian Airlines require software upgrades to fix potential flight control issues, and changes have been made to 80 percent of the affected fleet.
Aircraft software is being upgraded in these cities
IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express use A320 aircraft of French company Airbus. The work of updating the software is going on at the bases of airline companies based in Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. All these airline companies have taken this step after the recent malfunctions in their planes. By the end of this year, all the airlines will completely upgrade their planes. Due to which passengers will not have to face any kind of problem in the coming days.
Know why update is necessary?
Recently, Airbus and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) had warned that intense solar radiation could damage the data used in the aircraft’s flight control system. To eliminate this risk, software and in some cases hardware is also being updated.
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