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Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight
mgh02114 writes "The new US stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, was deployed for the first time to Asia earlier this month. On Feb. 11, twelve Raptors flying from Hawaii to Japan were forced to turn back when a software glitch crashed all of the F-22s' on-board computers as they crossed the international date line. The delay in arrival in Japan was previously reported, with rumors of problems with the software. CNN television, however, this morning reported that every fighter completely lost all navigation and communications when they crossed the international date line. They reportedly had to turn around and follow their tankers by visual contact back to Hawaii. According to the CNN story, if they had not been with their tankers, or the weather had been bad, this would have been serious. CNN has not put up anything on their website yet." The Peoples Daily of China reported on Feb. 17 that two Raptors had landed on Okinawa.
I think the infantile comments of the typical Slashdotters regarding Microsoft are so incredibly typical. I would doubt that the underlying O/S would be any off-the-shelf commercial or Open Source system.
Can't someone here "moderate" those immature comments? Or are only comments that point out this immaturity the ones that get "moderated"?
> That was one of the pressures to getting the Dec 2k6 flight off the ground. "Dec 2k6"? Excuse me, but that would be Dec 2600 (2k6 = 2.6E3), quite a ways from now. I think I know what you meant, but that is not what you said.
Worked pretty well against the Japanese...saved lots of euro, US, brit, and Japanese lives in the long run.
Retard.
Perhaps a functional programming language would have caught the problem at compile time.
At a minimum, they still have to navigate air space. That means a transpoder and a VHF radio. Idiot. You're so sad and dumb. If you wanted to take a pop-shot, you should have at least called me out for transposing VHF (VFH) in my previous post. I did it at least twice no less. But hey, when you're as dumb as you are, you have to take shots on things you are completely cluess and make you look like an even bigger jack ass than you normally do. LOL. That's just f-n sad.
So please, tell us more how in your imaginary world, military planes don't fly in US airspace, never land at major US airports during emergencies, never refuel at major US airports, and are somehow exempt from FAA regulations (and yes, the military complies with FAA regulations). After that, you can start to pine away at your beloved John Kerry or complain more about how you think all US troops are idiots. Not to mention, much of the world's airspace is based on the US model. Even planes stationed over seas are going to face the same type of communication requirements.
Believe it or not, military aircraft, even with top secret loads, commonly land at civilian airport facilities for fuel. Granted, they will be under guard or under supervision of the crew for the duration of the ground opps. It's done all the time. It's not like the military is trying to deny F-22s exist. And yes, during an emergency, they would much rather have an F-22 land at a public use airport than to lose a several hundred million aircraft while crashing it into a hill/home/business. Believe it or not, bird strikes (etc) are suprisingly common and even F-22s are not immune.
Idiot. LOL. Too f-n funny. Sad...but funny...
I see you're once again starting your homsexual stalking habits. You still have my pitty.
Next. LOL.