Airbus has announced that about 6000 of its aircraft need an immediate modification. Apparently, intense radiation from the sun could corrupt data crucial to flight controls.
Airbus said for most planes it's a simple software upgrade.
Airlines around the world have stated this may lead to flight disruptions and cancellations.
I will feel a lot better about this if/when some smart person can explain how a software update blocks solar radiation from messing up the computer.
..some smart person can explain how a software update blocks solar
radiation from messing up the computer.
It's a bit like explaining how systems have methods for detecting unexpected data errors in other systems. The very beginning might be here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/cyclic-redundancy-check
and here:
