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News India Live, Digital Desk: If you often travel by flight, then this news may surprise you and perhaps even upset you a little. In India, the plane in which you and I sit the most, whether it is Indigo, Air India or Vistara, is mostly covered by airlines. Airbus A320 Uses only family aircraft. Now the news is coming that a strange flaw has been detected in this flying machine, which is considered to be the most reliable in the world. And the flaw is also such that anyone would be shocked to hear it. “Sun glare”,
What is the matter after all?
It sounds like a joke, but it is the truth. According to the report, a technical problem has been found in the flight control system of Airbus A320 series aircraft. To understand in simple language, when the plane is in the air and bright sunlight falls on the sensor of the plane from a particular angle, then the machine gets confused.
The plane’s ‘sensors’ read this sunlight incorrectly. The result may be that the plane’s auto-pilot system suddenly stops working or the plane automatically starts diving downwards. Imagine, if this happens at an altitude of 30-35 thousand feet, then it is certain that the lives of the pilots and passengers will be in danger.
What will be the impact on Indian flights?
This news is most important for India because our entire aviation sector stands on the back of this aircraft (Airbus A320 Neo/Ceo). The country’s largest airline IndiGo has a huge fleet of them, and Air India also uses them extensively.
This “Sun Glare” problem may require thousands of aircraft to be checked or their software/hardware may need to be modified. However, the good thing is that till now there has been no news of any major accident due to this in India, but risk is risk.
What is the company saying? (means of recall)
Safety is everything in the world of aviation. Whenever any such defect is detected, it is subjected to ‘recall’ or strict ‘checking’. This does not mean that from tomorrow all the planes will be grounded. This means Airbus and safety agencies around the world can now replace old parts or adjust the location of the sensor to fix this ‘sun-glare’ problem.
Should you be afraid or not?
Look, there is no need to panic. Air travel is still the safest means of travel. Our pilots are trained to deal with all types of situations. Even if the sensors malfunction, the pilot can control the aircraft in manual mode.
But yes, this news is definitely a reminder that no matter how much technology advances, machines sometimes become helpless in front of nature (like sunlight). What steps DGCA and Indian Airlines take on this issue will remain under watch. For now, if you’re in the window seat, enjoy the view, leave the rest to the pilot
