2020-01-08 | Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if pilots land on specific runways • The Register
"Boeing's 737 Next Generation airliners have been struck by a peculiar software flaw that blanks the airliners' cockpit screens if pilots dare attempt a westwards landing at specific airports.", "Amid the various well-reported woes facing America's largest airframe maker, yet another one has emerged from the US Federal Aviation Administration; a bug that causes all pilots' display screens in the 737-NG airliner family to simply go blank."
'Seven runways, of which five are in the US, and two in South America - in Colombia and Guyana respectively – trigger the bug. '
'DUs are the main screens displaying aircraft information to the pilots and are powered by two DEUs, each of which serves three of the DUs. '
'That bug kicks in when airliner crews try to program the autopilot to follow what the FAA described as "a selected instrument approach to a specific runway". '
[–] videocodec 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Maybe Boeing better hire American programmers before their stock drops to zero.
[–] Drenki ago
Dang, there's almost a commonality in that the runway designation and location both have 'w's in them. Only La Mina is the exception:
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