<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jetstar flights are set to be delayed nationwide after a major Airbus plane recall, which is poised to affect flights worldwide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Airbus says a significant number of its best-selling A320 planes are being pulled in a move that industry sources say would disrupt half the global fleet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jetstar has told 9News that while they were able to get a few flights off the tarmac this morning, some planes are being grounded, which is set to affect flights today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/kylies-beach-shark-attack-swiss-tourist-and-girlfriend-victim-identified/389264e4-cde2-47e4-976d-29b49a0a3e29" rel="" target="" title="Swiss tourist killed by shark on NSW beach identified"><strong><span>Swiss tourist killed by shark on NSW beach identified</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Air New Zealand services are also set to be affected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jetstar is unsure how long the delays will last, but will provide an update today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/jetstar-airbus-a320-disruptions/52b19674-6145-47c5-ab26-8093e68a6248" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The recall has affected flights globally.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/blacktown-shooting/be681bea-6404-4f31-9ce9-74db89070035" rel="" target="" title="Teen charged with murder after father-of-two gunned down in suspected gangland shooting in broad daylight in Sydney's west"><strong><span>Teen charged with murder after father-of-two gunned down in suspected gangland shooting in broad daylight in Sydney's west</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Airbus has put out a directive that the aircraft, the A320 aircraft, of which there are more than 10,000 around the world, have to have a software update to correct for an error in data when there's intense solar radiation," pilot and aviation expert Richard de Crespigny said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So it's not suggesting that there's something wrong with the actual flight controls themselves."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The problem is that you have to update all the aircraft in your fleet."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/multiple-injured-after-shopping-centre-brawl/aa7fac9d-de8c-486f-9edd-b129e61f68ee" rel="" target="" title="Teen fighting for life following brawl that sent Adelaide shopping centre into lockdown"><strong><span>Teen fighting for life following brawl that sent Adelaide shopping centre into lockdown</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If you've only got a couple of engineers that have turned up for work, you'd need them to pull in many more."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You've got to wait for the aircraft to land."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Maybe the aircraft has been in a hangar overnight. 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