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Airbus A-320 Inspections, Afghan Asylum Seekers in Limbo, Real Video or AI Generated?

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🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A JetBlue plane plunged uncontrollably last month prompting the parent company to issue an order to inspect all Airbus A-320 jets. It’s bad timing for holiday travel. Afghans waiting for asylum say they are in limbo after the Trump administration paused all asylum decisions. This comes after an Afghan national killed a National Guard soldier and wounded another. Tips on how to tell a real video from one generated by AI.

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0:00.0

There's been an urgent order to inspect the Airbus A-320 family of jets.

0:07.0

That's after a jet blue plane plunged uncontrollably last month.

0:11.5

So what might that mean for your travels? I'm Scott Simon.

0:15.0

And I'm Lauren Freyer. This is up first from NPR News.

0:20.5

The Trump administration has stopped making any asylum decisions.

0:25.3

And that's in reaction to the killing of a National Guard soldier and the wounding of another

0:29.6

this week by an Afghan national.

0:31.7

This puts thousands of Afghans waiting for asylum in limbo.

0:35.7

You'll hear from some of them.

0:36.8

And that dancing cat video looks so real. But is it?

0:41.9

We'll tell you how to make out a legit video from one generated by AI. So stay with us. We have the news you need to start your weekend. This message comes from Bayer.

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1:20.7

Airbus says there's a problem with the flight control systems on its A320 family of jets.

1:26.2

So it's ordered an immediate software switch that could

1:29.8

ground thousands of jets worldwide for a while. Of course, that's not great timing with all the

1:34.8

holiday travel that's coming up. NPR's transportation correspondent Joel Rose joins us now.

1:40.0

Joel, thanks for being with us. Hey, Scott. What does Airbus say? The company said Friday that it has discovered a problem with the flight control systems

1:47.8

and its most popular family of jets, the A320 family.

1:51.4

Specifically, Airbus says intense solar radiation may corrupt the data in systems that are

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