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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 3:43 pm
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Originally Posted by LiviLion
I enjoyed reading that post, very informative.

I am sure there are no single points of failure in the big computer over in Brussels but if it was to fail for whatever reason then what would be the impact in Europe?

I assume there is an alternative but I also assume it would mean significantly less planes taking off per hour.
Yes, there are backups of backups of backups......but if it did happen, then significantly reduced flow would be established.
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