Dassault Aviation says it has found a fix for the problem that caused one of its Falcon 7X jets to climb uncontrollably a few weeks ago, an event that led to the cautionary grounding of the entire fly-by-wire Falcon 7X fleet.
The company announced last week that the modification needed to prevent similar occurrences has been validated through appropriate testing measures and that, depending upon the length of time needed to receive approval, the first airplanes to receive the modification could be ready to go in just a few days. The Falcon 7X fix adds automated protection to the horizontal stabilizer trim circuitry and involves software and hardware changes.
