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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.

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FFT-Laplace-Z-knowurdomain1 year ago

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

Incredible world1 year ago

🚨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.

Nstig8r1 year ago

Let me guess. They made the planes longer?

Critical Debates1 year ago

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

UrbanEmpire1 year ago

Wow

Kyle Diaz1 year ago

This guy is so good.💦🪐🌸 @Analyst_Fuller

Sean1 year ago

Fascinating to know

Babbling Bullshit1 year ago

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

Alfa Eco1 year ago

Rounding error

The.confuseddhead1 year ago

A calculated error 👉🙃✌

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