Airbus issues immediate recall on thousands of passenger planes

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Airbus on Friday recalled thousands of planes during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, citing potential problems aircrafts could experience during intense solar storms. 

“Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls,” Airbus said in a statement.

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