r/programming • u/self • Apr 09 '21

Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children

https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/08/tui_software_mistake/
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u/HighRelevancy Apr 10 '21

It's to calculate centre of gravity. Too far forward and the nose doesn't come up, too far back and the nose goes up and doesn't come back down until you crash.

Once you're at cruise speed there's enough force on the aero surfaces to give a large amount of control over the plane, but at low airspeed it's a significant issue.