Airlines have been alerted to a potentially dangerous fault in the flight controls of the latest Airbus that has similarities to the trouble with the grounded Boeing 737 Max.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an airworthiness directive for the Airbus A321neo after the aircraft was found in certain cases to pitch its nose upwards excessively.
Airbus said this could occur in the event of a hard manoeuvre in the final approach to landing. “This condition, if not corrected, could result in reduced control of the aeroplane,” the EASA directive said.
As a temporary remedy airlines have been told not to load their A321neos, which carry about 185 passengers, with the weight as far to the rear of the aircraft as they
