Airbus A320 recall: What prompted the repair, Airlines impacted | 10-point update

Airbus has asked airlines to immediately repair 6,000 of its A320 family planes. This affects more than half of the global fleet and comes at a busy weekend for travel. The move follows a recent incident in which an A320 experienced problems mid-air.

There are about 11,300 A320-family planes worldwide. This is one of Airbus’s largest recalls in its 55-year history and comes shortly after the A320 overtook the Boeing 737 as the most-produced jet.