Microsoft Reboots California Air Traffic
Posted by Michael on Friday September 17, 2004 @03:32PM
from the be-very-afraid dept.
Michael writes: Failing to follow the lead of the South Korean Subway System, the FAA did not reboot their system on Tuesday, causing a 3-hour shutdown of Southern California airports and a three-hour radio breakdown that left aircraft without guidance.
Apparently the Microsoft-based software had to be rebooted every 30 days, similar to Windows systems, to avoid “data overload”, and a technician failed to do so.
Similar events have occurred in the past in United Kingdom and Prague. SlashNot advises that you exercise extreme caution in any flights to or from California until a system upgrade is complete.
[Stories in the True Stories department are true. Sometimes satire writes itself.]