{"id":9398,"date":"2023-02-28T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/?p=9398"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:31:33","slug":"bug-provoca-tailstrikes-em-voos-nos-eua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/bug-provoca-tailstrikes-em-voos-nos-eua\/","title":{"rendered":"Bug Causes Tailstrikes on US Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9398\" class=\"elementor elementor-9398\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e368fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6e368fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b4cf3a\" data-id=\"8b4cf3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b122b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b122b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Earlier this week, at an airport in Seattle, in the United States of America, an error of <em>software<\/em> was responsible for an incident known as '<em>tailstrike<\/em>' on two Alaska Airlines flights.<\/p><p>In the world of aviation, a '<em>tailstrike<\/em>' is an incident in which the tail of the plane hits the runway, the ground or even another stationary object. Generally, these episodes occur during take-off or landing and are not normally considered dangerous movements - however, this is not always the case, as these incidents can seriously damage aircraft.<br \/>No <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-aerospace\/after-alaska-airlines-planes-bump-runway-a-scramble-to-pull-the-plug\/\">Seattle-Tacoma International Airport<\/a> These accidents happened twice in the same morning, both involving Boeing aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines, leading to the suspension of flights and temporary interruption of the airline's activity throughout the country.<\/p><p>According to the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that a <em>bug<\/em> was responsible for this incident: according to the Seattle Times, these '<em>tailstrikes<\/em>' happened after a software error in a program sold by a Swedish company called DynamicSource. This program is supposed to provide key weight and balance information that pilots enter into their flight computers, to help determine, for example, how much thrust the engines will provide and how fast the plane will be available for take-off. In this particular case, the error ended up transmitting incorrect data that seriously underestimated the weight of both aircraft.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The original article <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">via <em>Gizmodo<\/em><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/alaska-airlines-talk-strikes-software-bug-cybersecurity-1850150052\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6478834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6478834\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffbac84\" data-id=\"ffbac84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722911d wpr-stt-btn-align-fixed wpr-stt-btn-align-fixed-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-back-to-top\" data-id=\"722911d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-back-to-top.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-stt-wrapper\"><div class='wpr-stt-btn' data-settings='{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;animationOffset&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;animationDuration&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;fixed&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;,&quot;scrolAnim&quot;:&quot;800&quot;}'><span class=\"wpr-stt-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, at an airport in Seattle, in the United States of America, a software error was responsible for an incident known as a 'tailstrike' on two Alaska Airlines flights. In the aviation world, a tailstrike is an incident in which the tail of the plane hits the runway, the ground or even another stationary object. Generally, these episodes occur during take-off or landing and are not normally considered dangerous movements - however, this is not always the case, as these incidents can seriously damage aircraft. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport these accidents happened twice in the same morning, both involving Boeing aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines, even leading to the suspension of flights and temporary interruption of this company's air activity throughout the country. According to the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that a bug was responsible for this incident: according to the Seattle Times, these tailstrikes occurred after a software error in a program sold by a Swedish company called DynamicSource. This program is supposed to provide fundamental weight and balance information that pilots enter into their flight computers, to help determine, for example, how much thrust the engines will provide and how fast the plane will be available for take-off. In this particular case, the error ended up transmitting incorrect data that seriously underestimated the weight of both aircraft. The original article via Gizmodo can be read here.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destaque"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}