Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if pilots land on specific runways

The Register ^ | 1/8/20 | Gareth Corfield

[DoughtyOne]

Eh, just take a little brake.

They'll be back in 6 to 8 hours.

d":^)

[Jeff Chandler]

If there ever was a thread appropriate for that image . . .

[Waverunner]

Exactly, undocumented software features.

[grey_whiskers]

“This is ‘Peggy.’ Have you tried rebooting your aircraft?”

[bert]

Great.

Problems from bad stuff is the result of purchasing inadequacy

[Don Corleone]

Glass cockpits are pretty nice but only as good as the programmer and the circuitry. Analog is still your friend.

I flew 'glass' when it was new, 737-300 and 757-767 and NEVER had even the slightest problem with it. WTH?

[Mastador1]

This is beginning to sound like industrial sabotage, or the result of hiring off shore to code the software.

Makes ya think someone should be looking at the bank accounts of some programmers.

[Widget Jr]

So, if it is a repeatable condition, then it can be tested with a reliably occurring outcome, and then fixed?

[NonValueAdded]

I suspect ex-coal workers who were taught by Slow Joe how to code. /s

[left that other site]

I know...weird, huh!

[Bobalu]

The 737-300, wasn't that the first version with the wider turbofans?

The old skinny engines looked kind of sad.

People are adding glass cockpits to ultralights now using cheap tablet computers...pretty cool. It's amazing the number of instrument you can put up using just the capabilities built into some tablets with simple software.

No need for the ARINC data bus...just use bluetooth with remote sensors.

[pa_dweller]

Whoa baby!   Shades of Thresher!

[upchuck]

Haven’t flown since 1996. Doubt I’ll start now. I’ll just drive my truck. Not valid for European tours :)

[kickstart]

My flight simulator from 1990 never had that problem.

[Starcitizen]

Most Indian H1B crap code

[libertylover]

So, if it is a repeatable condition, then it can be tested with a reliably occurring outcome, and then fixed?

I'd think so, but a lot of testing would have to be done to make sure it's fixed.

[TalonDJ]

“737NG is 25 years old now.”

The airframe yes, but many of the avionics systems are newer and some of the code in those systems, newer still.