Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial plane after an analysis found computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue aircraft last month.

Global airlines are reportedly rushing to patch the software on their Airbus A320-family jets following a recently discovered glitch. This glitch affects the system that helps calculate the nose angle (“angle of attack”),

A JetBlue Airbus A320 suddenly dropped about 100 feet during a flight from Cancun to Newark on October 30, injuring passengers and crew and forcing an emergency landing in Tampa. Investigators later found that intense radiation from the Sun had interfered with one of the plane’s flight control computers,

Airbus has ordered urgent software fixes on about 6,000 A320 jets after a JetBlue scare tied to solar-radiation data corruption, disrupting flights worldwide.

A solar radiation–linked software flaw in Airbus A320 jets triggered urgent global fixes, causing possible delays but no safety risk for travelers.

Following a sudden drop in altitude on a JetBlue A320 last month, Airbus orders software and hardware corrections across thousands of aircraft globally.

Investigations into an October in-flight upset involving a JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 have yet to reach any firm conclusions, but suspicions of a solar particle strike have proven sufficient to order an extraordinary temporary grounding of half the world's A320-family fleet.

In one of the biggest recall in aviation history, Airbus issued an advisory for its Airbus A320 aircraft. The directive was issued after a critical software flaw was found during a flight in October 30 which experienced sudden plunge.