PIA asserts the safety of its aircraft while Airbus initiates a recall of jets for software fixes.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) assured passengers on Saturday that its aircraft are “perfectly safe,” confirming that it has never installed defective flight-control software that has prompted a global effort to ground jets and cancel flights following a significant recall issued by the European manufacturer for A320 jets. The national carrier stated on X, “Regarding the issues with the Flight Controls Software (ELAC-L104) on Airbus aircraft, it is clarified that PIA did not install the defective software patch; therefore, our planes are entirely safe, and there will be no resultant flight disruptions.” The recall of 6,000 aircraft seems to be one of the largest in its 55-year history and follows just after the A320 surpassed the Boeing 737 as the most-delivered model. When Airbus disseminated its notice to over 350 operators of the aircraft, around 3,000 A320-family jets were airborne. Simultaneously, international airlines rushed to rectify the software malfunction on Airbus A320 aircraft, as a partial recall by the European manufacturer disrupted hundreds of flights in Asia and Europe, jeopardizing US travel over the peak weekend of the year.