In the software world I call this an end user discovered issue. But when the iss...

recursive · 2024-10-24T21:02:47 1729803767

I don't think airplane software ships updates the way npm packages do. I would be more surprised if this is fixed.

advisedwang · 2024-10-24T21:11:26 1729804286

I think from the point of view of Boeing, the FAA and the airlines, "put it in our maintenance checklist to reboot every 51 days" is a fix.

woah · 2024-10-24T21:43:40 1729806220

With that framing, this sounds like one of the easiest maintenance tasks imaginable. No wrenches or grease involved.

thecosmicfrog · 2024-10-24T21:08:36 1729804116

> I don't think airplane software ships updates the way npm packages do.

I'd ideally like to sleep tonight, thanks.

trollied · 2024-10-25T09:25:45 1729848345

They do get software updates. Watch "Stig Aviation" "Stig Shift" series on youtube. He's shown how to do updates in a few of his videos.

AmVess · 2024-10-24T21:41:08 1729806068

Scary would be right.

Reminds me of the F-22 Raptor crossing the International Dateline error in 2007. They were flying a squadron of them from Hawaii to Japan. They crossed the IDL and all nav/fuel systems went down, as well as some communications gear.

They only made it back because they were flying with tankers at time, who led them back to base.

extraduder_ire · 2024-10-25T07:19:56 1729840796

Was that a coordinate thing, a timezone thing, or something else?

I'm assuming the former.

Dylan16807 · 2024-10-24T21:14:08 1729804448

That depends on how much code was having trouble, and what you mean by "resolved".

The safe option might be to avoid the situation, and I could imagine that even if there is a code update it might just make the plane balk at getting ready to take off after a certain amount of uptime.