1+ hour, 29+ min ago (449+ words) The crisis began on October 30 when JetBlue Flight 1230, cruising at 35,000 feet from Cancun to Newark, suddenly plunged thousands of feet after intense solar particles interfered with its onboard flight-control computers. Passengers were injured as the aircraft lost reliable navigation data, forcing the pilots to divert to Tampa. FAA investigators later confirmed that a coronal mass ejection struck Earth that day, and the radiation corrupted crucial data pathways inside the A320s electronic systems. Airbus responded with an Alert Operators Transmission (AOT), urging every global carrier flying the A319, A320, and A321 to immediately update radiation-shielding software and vulnerable hardware modules. "Airbus has identified a significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in service which may be impacted," the company said. Airlines including American, Delta, United, Lufthansa, IndiGo, JetBlue, and easyJet have already begun grounding affected jets for emergency upgrades. The A320 is the most widely used passenger…...