Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days (theregister.com) 8 points by seesawtron 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] petee 5y ago ↗ (2020)My favorite mention in the article is a previous bug where selecting a STAR route with exactly 14 waypoints caused the system to freeze and go blank. [–] greenyoda 5y ago ↗ Discussion from back then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22761395 [–] iab 5y ago ↗ What a disa-STAR
[–] Yoofie 5y ago ↗ Same symptoms and same solution to integer overflows on timers used in the software on other Boeing aircraft (iirc).
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 24.5 ms ] threadMy favorite mention in the article is a previous bug where selecting a STAR route with exactly 14 waypoints caused the system to freeze and go blank.