For aviation insurers and brokers, the impact extends beyond current operational pressures. The recall highlights the growing risk to software integrity in modern aircraft. The A320, the world’s most widely flown commercial aircraft, relies heavily on digital flight control systems introduced in the 1980s. As operators incorporate increasingly automated systems into their fleets, insurers are grappling with loss scenarios that mix traditional maintenance issues with vulnerabilities introduced by solar activity, data corruption and digital control architectures.
