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A new FAA airworthiness directive effective October 1 requires rototest crack inspections at the bulk cargo door corners of 1,069 US-registered Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, after a ground fatigue test found cracking Airbus had not expected at this stage of the fleet's life.
A US bankruptcy judge approved the sale of Spirit Airlines' final 27 Airbus jets on September 23 for $668 million, split between a lender-controlled vehicle and an FTAI Aviation affiliate.
The FAA has ordered inspections of 29 US-registered A318/A319/A320/A321 aircraft after tool-mark damage was found in main landing gear support rib lug bores, traced to a supplier's improper bushing-removal technique during assembly.
Ten months after a JetBlue A320 pitched itself downward at 36,000 feet, EASA has issued a follow-up directive, AD 2026-0134, refining how roughly 6,000 aircraft must be protected against the same failure.