Matt ParkerSep 6, 2023

Everyone is reporting on "Air traffic chaos caused by 'one in 15 million' event". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66723586

But the report says "This scenario had never been encountered before, with the system having previously processed more than 15 million flight plans" https://www.nats.aero/news/nats-report-into-air-traffic-control-incident-details-root-cause-and-solution-implemented/

Air traffic chaos caused by 'one in 15 million' event

The UK's air traffic control system shut itself down after software confusion over an unusual flight path.

BBC News
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Sep 6, 2023
@standupmaths I’m super interested in why the system imported bad data and then decided to halt because of the data, instead of maybe halting before it imported the data. 🤷‍♀️ Actually I’m even more interested in how the teams that wrote the code are structured… did nobody on any team consider this could happen? Is there a Jira ticket in the backlog to address it that’s been there a while? So many questions!
Show threadAmo Bishop RodentSep 6, 2023
@RobeeShepherd @standupmaths Jira never made anything better
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈
@pikesley @standupmaths
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