Air traffic failure caused by two locations 3600nm apart sharing 3-letter code

8 pointsposted a day ago
by basilesimon

5 Comments

FateOfNations

17 hours ago

Good news: the system successfully detected an error and didn't send bad data to air traffic controllers.

Bad News: the system can't recover from an error in an individual flight plan, bringing the whole system down with it (along with the backup system since it was running the same code).

Optimal_Persona

17 hours ago

Well, 3600 billionths of a meter IS kinda close...just sayin'

dh2022

17 hours ago

I read it the same way….