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Crashing iPad App Grounds Dozens of American Airline Flights

Posted by Soulskill on from the have-you-tried-pushing-the-button dept.

infolation writes: American Airlines was forced to delay multiple flights on Tuesday night after the iPad app used by pilots crashed. Introduced in 2013, the cockpit iPads are used as an "electronic flight bag," replacing 16kg (35lb) of paper manuals which pilots are typically required to carry on flights. In some cases, the flights had to return to the gate to access Wi-Fi to fix the issue.

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  1. Re:Wow ... by DogShoes · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What part of "App Crashed" didn't you understand?

    The App crashed,not IOS and it didn't come from the app store.

  2. Re:Wow ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No doubt the poster is defensive about the $$$ they spend on nice, expensive hardware that is locked into crap, walled garden, software.

    Hell, I would be tempted to buy The Fruit's hardware, if it didn't come with that crap. And OSX makes systemd+Unity look beautiful by comparison.