Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if pilots load specific approaches...
Fancy that.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/0 ... blank_bug/
737 screens go blank with specific approaches
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737 screens go blank with specific approaches
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
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Makes me think of this: https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f2 ... ine-03087/
It’s really hard to catch all the bugs in the Developmental phase of an aircraft testing. With computers nowadays, there are literally millions of possible combinations. With some source code analysis, we can narrow it down the pitfalls of the code however it is still in the hundreds of thousands of possibilities....
It’s really hard to catch all the bugs in the Developmental phase of an aircraft testing. With computers nowadays, there are literally millions of possible combinations. With some source code analysis, we can narrow it down the pitfalls of the code however it is still in the hundreds of thousands of possibilities....
Going for the deck at corner
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Like having to go into Barrow isn't already a bad enough day... then you get that...
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Oh, ok. Then I guess it’s fine.AuxBatOn wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:18 pm Makes me think of this: https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f2 ... ine-03087/
It’s really hard to catch all the bugs in the Developmental phase of an aircraft testing. With computers nowadays, there are literally millions of possible combinations. With some source code analysis, we can narrow it down the pitfalls of the code however it is still in the hundreds of thousands of possibilities....
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
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My point is that it is NOT fine. It’s just an example of something technology has made difficult, despite the rigorous coding processes, with potentially disastrous consequences.photofly wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:40 amOh, ok. Then I guess it’s fine.AuxBatOn wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:18 pm Makes me think of this: https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f2 ... ine-03087/
It’s really hard to catch all the bugs in the Developmental phase of an aircraft testing. With computers nowadays, there are literally millions of possible combinations. With some source code analysis, we can narrow it down the pitfalls of the code however it is still in the hundreds of thousands of possibilities....
Going for the deck at corner
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I once had all screens go black entering a hold for a Calgary approach (around 2002), luckily it was partially VFR and the screens came back after about 30 seconds.
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God forbid a fully qualified and experienced jet Captain would have to fly on standby instruments.
In all seriousness...losing all 6 screens would be a WTF moment but I would hope any pilot who is allowed into the flightdeck of a transport category jet could handle it.
In all seriousness...losing all 6 screens would be a WTF moment but I would hope any pilot who is allowed into the flightdeck of a transport category jet could handle it.
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...and they said computers can fly airplanes...oop's, this one has a virus...
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