Re: U-2 shuts down air traffic

[Izaac <izaac () setec org>]

On Sat, May 03, 2014 at 03:33:06PM -0700, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
> http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/spy-plane-fries-air-traffic-control-
> computers-shuts-down-lax-n95886
>
> I'll bet that, if we get any further details, the problem will be a bounds error in a 
> sanity checking module, since absolutely no aircraft could ever be flying at 60,000 
> feet ...

Why would you assume that instead of a 16 bit overflow?  The U2 at
68000ft looks a lot more hazardous to an airport at 2464ft.

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