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alwatoday at 4:36 AM1 replyview on HN

I think you and gp may be speaking about different stages. Gp seems to be saying that a plane being designed and specified today would use technologies hardened against this type of error.

That even though they’re in widespread operation today, the aircraft types in question were designed (and certified) many years ago, before ECC was the norm. My impression is that, once their type is certified, new airframes are built to pretty much exactly that specification even all these years later.


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dylan604today at 5:38 AM

> I think you and gp may be speaking about different stages

Yes, that's my point. Just because new aircraft are designed with improved hardware does not automatically mean the issue is resolved industry wide. Existing equipment will still have issues. So the statement is misleading. Is the number of aircraft with ECC "most" of the equipment in the skies?

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