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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lauren Almeida

Airbus finds problem with fuselage panels after fixing software glitch

An Airbus A320 Family aircraft at the mock-up centre of the Airbus aircraft manufacturer, in Blagnac, near Toulouse, southern France
The biggest recall in Airbus’s history came only weeks after the A320 overtook the rival Boeing 737 as the most-delivered jet. Photograph: Frederic Scheiber/EPA

Airbus has fixed most of its jets affected by a software glitch after a technical problem grounded thousands of its planes, but its shares tumbled on Monday after it discovered a separate issue with its fuselage panels.

Airlines around the world cancelled and delayed flights over the weekend after the French plane manufacturer ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets, more than half of its global fleet.

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