TOKYO, Nov 29 — All Nippon Airways Co. said Saturday that it has canceled 65 of its domestic flights due to a software problem reportedly affecting thousands of Airbus SE planes worldwide, Kyodo News Agency reported.
With 34 of ANA’s A320 jets requiring a software fix, the cancellations are expected to impact about 9,400 passengers using Haneda airport in Tokyo, as well as those in Tottori, Saga and other prefectures, the airline said.
Japan Airlines Co., the other major Japanese carrier, said its fleet was unaffected.
Airbus said it had found that intense solar radiation could corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
Separately, Yonhap news agency reported South Korean transport ministry said Saturday that the issue is unlikely to trigger major flight delays or cancellations domestically.
According to the ministry, five Korean carriers — Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Air Busan, Air Seoul and Aero K — operate a total of 80 A320-family jets, of those, 42 units were subject to the recall measure.
