Seattle Times: FAA orders Boeing 787 safety fix: Reboot power once in a while
Dec 1, 2016, 1:35 pm
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Seattle Times: FAA orders Boeing 787 safety fix: Reboot power once in a while
The FAA is mandating that operators of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner periodically reset the power on the airplane to avoid a glitch that could cause all three computer modules that manage the jet’s flight control surfaces to briefly stop working while in flight.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business...ce-in-a-while/
http://www.seattletimes.com/business...ce-in-a-while/
Dec 1, 2016, 2:12 pm
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Same issue they had with the power control units?
April 30, 2015 - F.A.A. Orders Fix for Possible Power Loss in Boeing 787
I hope they're checking everything else with a clock/counter to make sure they deal with overflow.
April 30, 2015 - F.A.A. Orders Fix for Possible Power Loss in Boeing 787
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday that Boeing found during laboratory testing that the plane’s power control units could shut down power generators if they were powered without interruption for 248 days,