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Boeing 787s To Create Half a Terabyte of Data Per Flight

Posted by samzenpus on from the peanut-tracking dept.

Qedward writes "Virgin Atlantic is preparing for a significant increase in data as it embraces the Internet of Things, with a new fleet of highly connected planes each expected to create over half a terabyte of data per flight. IT director David Bulman said: 'The latest planes we are getting, the Boeing 787s, are incredibly connected. Literally every piece of that plane has an internet connection, from the engines, to the flaps, to the landing gear. If there is a problem with one of the engines we will know before it lands to make sure that we have the parts there. It is getting to the point where each different part of the plane is telling us what it is doing as the flight is going on. We can get upwards of half a terabyte of data from a single flight from all of the different devices which are internet connected.'"

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  1. What could possibly go wrong? by stoploss · · Score: 5, Funny


    dave@console:~ ssh dave@hal-787
    [dave@hal-787 ~]$ echo "1" > /dev/landing-gear-doors
    echo: I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.
    [dave@hal-787 ~]$ sudo echo "1" > /dev/landing-gear-doors
    dave@console:~ Connection to hal-787 lost.

  2. Much less data than you think by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sources say it's an XML dump. Maybe 100KB of actual data in there.

  3. Re:Internet connected by The_Wilschon · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'd be better off using Monster Cables.

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  4. Re:internet-connected plane by ls671 · · Score: 5, Funny

    woosh...

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  5. Re:internet-connected plane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    wget http://www.vigrin-atlatic.com/flight/12321/manage.aspx?flags=down&gear=up&parachutes=deploy

  6. Re:What could go wrong? by halltk1983 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would prefer it if my aircrafts sensors weren't censored.

    /I'm so very sorry, I'm not normally a Grammar Nazi

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