Comment on Air travel disrupted over Airbus A320 software switch
CameronDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
No software update takes literal weeks. Do they mean itll be weeks before the technician gets access to the planes?
Comment on Air travel disrupted over Airbus A320 software switch
CameronDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
No software update takes literal weeks. Do they mean itll be weeks before the technician gets access to the planes?
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s exactly what they mean. The planes cant fly until the software ia reloaded onto them. For many, they are located at hubs and technicians can go through them overnight.
But some of the planes are not located at hubs with full maintenance crews. Those planes will need more time to get taken care of.
CameronDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Are the planes actually grounded until the update goes in?
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They are not safe to fly.
Would be weird if they weren’t.
CameronDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
You say that, but Boeing…
The article didn’t make it clear that it was a fleet-wide grounding, and it sounded like a rare event, solar flares are relatively rare, and usually predictable.
Probably best to play it safe though.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
None of the articles specify… my guess is yes. Because of how serious the issue is, and relatively easy it is to fix. Its only the remote areas that will take longer, and that’s a small number of planes in the grand scheme.
qupada@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
You have to dig reasonably hard, but a few articles have linked to the original EASA directive, which is allowing up to three non-passenger flights to relocate the plane to a service location.
I'm not sure if that rule would just apply in Europe where they have authority.
CameronDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Solar flares are predictable, with a decent lead time, so they could ground them during solar activity. But when the cost is potentially so high, an abundance of caution does make sense.
Would be good if the articles had linked to an official statement.