A 1 cm cable error delayed the world’s biggest plane by 2 years. While building the Airbus A380, engineers found a fiber optic cable in the tail was just slightly too short to connect. Different teams were using different versions of CAD software.

a 1 cm rework of a harness doesnt take 2 years. not even with massive lead times. thats 100% airbus bilking the crap out of a government contract

🚨Engineering error that cost 2 years: While building the Airbus A380 — the world's biggest passenger plane — engineers discovered a 1 cm fiber optic cable in the tail was too short to connect. 🔧 Root cause? Different teams used incompatible CAD software versions. ⏱️ Delay: 2 years 💸 Cost: ~$6 billion 👥 Affected: 300+ airlines & suppliers 📉 Airbus stock dropped 26% in 1 day A tiny mistake, massive impact.

Let me guess. They made the planes longer?

how different versions of CAD were responsible for this? since centmeter is same across all versions?

Wow

This guy is so good.💦🪐🌸 @Analyst_Fuller

Fascinating to know

Well that might explain the state of their planes lately. Frightening.

Rounding error

A calculated error 👉🙃✌