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Spy Plane Fries Air Traffic Control Computers, Shuts Down LAX
NBC News ^
| May 2nd 2014
| Andrew Blankstein
Posted on 05/03/2014 1:15:20 PM PDT by george76
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To: Atlas Sneezed
I love stories like that.
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posted on
05/03/2014 3:49:38 PM PDT
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: EQAndyBuzz
I call BS.I don't know. I was an air traffic controller for 20 years, and I never heard of anything like this.
42
posted on
05/03/2014 4:00:52 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
That typical air traffic flies around 30,000 feet and the U2 was at 60,000 just seemed to be an interesting coincidence to me with regard to binary numbers. I understand your thinking, but it seems to me that airliners routinely go to 35000 feet, so such a problem would have been uncovered a long time ago.
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posted on
05/03/2014 4:01:37 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Why didn't the U2 declare MARSA and leave ATC out of it?I don't think MARSA would apply. That would be more for such things, as B-52s launching only seconds apart.
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posted on
05/03/2014 4:02:52 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Norm Lenhart
“12:01:01 AM, Jan 21, 2000...”
Jan 21???
I guess Y2K really DID mess things up.
45
posted on
05/03/2014 4:30:34 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(You can count my felonies by looking at my FR replies.)
To: Mark17
What do you expect from a cook?
/johnny
To: george76
Momma, don’t take my LAX away!
To: windsorknot
I think that this story LAX credibility.
To: Atlas Sneezed
I was thinking of that story when I read this, and was going to reply “has the SR71 never flown past there?”
To: george76
Sounds like a real WOPR to me.
50
posted on
05/03/2014 4:52:47 PM PDT
by
Stentor
(Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence. /S)
To: EQAndyBuzz
51
posted on
05/03/2014 4:53:01 PM PDT
by
X-spurt
(CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
To: JRandomFreeper
What do you expect from a cook?LOL. Thank goodness I only controlled airplanes for 20 years. I couldn't take it any longer.
52
posted on
05/03/2014 4:56:01 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
Cooks always have an answer and a direction to go.
They aren't always 100% correct. ;)
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Cooks always have an answer and a direction to goRoger that :-)
54
posted on
05/03/2014 5:58:39 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Atlas Sneezed
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posted on
05/03/2014 6:08:13 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?)
To: george76; All
Hmmmmmmm ..??
Was this a test of a new weapon ..???????? A new weapon which will fry everything ..??
56
posted on
05/03/2014 6:19:27 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(True the Vote: MY AMERICA, "... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
To: george76
This was simply controller error that exposed a programming error.
The U-2's altitude was 60,000+, also known as OTP/600, but the controller, in error, entered the assigned altitude as OTP. This prompted the processing of flight strips and route processing in every altitude stratum. Also ERAM (a newish system) for some reason also processed as an inbound to every airport along the filed route (a loooong way). ERAM detected it was making an error, couldn't figure out why, and simply gave up (crashed).
It did not cause any aircraft to get close to each other, but the computer failure did cause lengthy delays.
By the way, I had 35 years as enroute ATC.
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Civil air traffic has been able to fly above 40,000 ft for decades.
58
posted on
05/03/2014 7:54:47 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: george76
And it was only about a month ago that Obama had the radar on the SE coast shut down.
To: Atlas Sneezed
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posted on
05/03/2014 8:06:32 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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