Tuesday, March 25, 2014

FAA Orders Boeing to Fix Possibly Dangerous 747 Software Fault


The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday ordered an immediate fix to the latest version of the Boeing 747-8 airliner, saying a software glitch could cause it to lose thrust when close to landing and fly into the ground.

The FAA's so-called airworthiness directive covers Boeing's 747-8 and 747-8F planes fitted with certain General Electric engines. It calls for replacing defective software with a new, improved version.

Read More

No comments:

Post a Comment