UK air traffic control shut down after receiving unusual flight plan

gumballindie2y ago· 3 in thread

Yeah software made in the uk is far from great. That’s why if you want high quality software you send work to east europe. Lots of contracts are now heading that way since the skilled labour cant come here.

tulluk2y ago

The report states the software came from Frequentis AG, of Austria

gumballindie2y ago

Well not an exactly high standard in software quality country either. Should have sent it to east europe for something that actually works.

netsharc2y ago

How do you know where the software was written? There's probably a high chance that it was outsourced several times to end up being written in... (insert whatever your stereotype prefers), but that's also just speculation on my side.

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CaliforniaKarl2y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37401864 has the direct source (the NATS article & report)

N19PEDL22y ago

> the system did what it was designed to do, i.e. fail safely when it receives data that it can't process

I am no expert in air traffic control systems, but in a case like this, wouldn't it be better to simply reject the incorrect data and send a warning or something similar?

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