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I can’t see the WSJ article. None of the mainstream articles I could find discuss Unimatic in any detail, including the Reuters and NYT articles. I figure tha
by rectang 1y ago
I can’t see the WSJ article. None of the mainstream articles I could find discuss Unimatic in any detail, including the Reuters and NYT articles.
I figure that there has to be a forum out there where the nature of the software glitch is the focus, but I couldn’t find anything. If this story is AI generated, then I would very much like to read the sources it’s lifted from.
I did find a 2007 article discussing another Unimatic glitch that caused a stoppage which mentioned that the software dates from 1988:
https://www.aviationpros.com/home/news/10387920/computer-failure-stacks-up-united-system-crash-plays-havoc-with-operations https://www.aviationpros.com/home/news/10387920/computer-fai...
> The computer system, known as Unimatic, is essential to the airline's operation, providing flight plans for pilots, updates on maintenance information and crew schedules, among other flight information. United jets worldwide cannot take off unless it is operating. The original Unimatic system dates back to at least 1988, but it is updated "all the time," United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.
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