Ita Airways’ Airbus A320, which Pope Leo With technician for replacementAfter the European aviation manufacturer reported a computer malfunction.
The plane in which the Pope travels is one of the A320 family of 6,000 aircraft, which, according to several sources, Need an upgrade for your flight control systemThis was after discovering a security vulnerability in the computer linked to exposure to intense sunlight. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed that “they will replace one of the components of the plane that will be transported to Istanbul with a technician who will do the replacement.”
Bruni added that the technician will arrive at 3:30 p.m. Local time (12:30 GMT) in Istanbul replace the “screen”, It is an intervention that all companies must carry out before midnight on Sunday, otherwise they will not be able to fly.
Airbus explained that this is a preventive measure that was adopted after a technical accident that occurred at the end of last October on an aircraft in the United States, which “revealed unusually high solar activity.” “It could corrupt basic data used by flight commands.”
The Pope is in Istanbul on the third day of his trip to Türkiye and this Sunday He plans to move to Beirut On this plane he traveled from Rome.
The spokeswoman for the aircraft manufacturer indicated that 85% of the aircraft were damaged It will only require a simple computer change Which will take almost no time, which will not excessively affect your itinerary. to The remaining 15% will require significant interventionwhich will require more time and in some cases also changing equipment, although he could not determine the impact on his service.