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0 pointsresolutebat2y ago0 comments

Dreamliners have been flying for 13+ years now with zero hull loss accidents or fatalities. There were some teething issues with fuel leaks and batteries, but AFAICT those have long since been ironed out.

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p_l2y ago

And an issue where if not regularly rebooted, preferably with staggered (by days) reboots, they lose all power, including instrumentation and controls, after 248 days of uptime.

Additionally an Airworthiness Directive from 2020 requires, at least in europe, to reboot more often than 51 days due to stale data in common core system, with various network packets being dropped and system showing incorrect data to pilots.

abadpoli2y ago

The Airbus A350 has almost the exact same issue, but requiring a reboot after only 148 _hours_ or the avionics shut off.

p_l2y ago

Not exact same issue, but one with similar symptoms to the "reboot every 51 days" one for 787.

Reading deeper, I'm more worried about how there's no patch for the Boeing issue still, at least I can't find one in FAA AD database, I assumed there would be one already... (the affected A350 had a software patch available at the time AD for "reboot before 148 hours" was issued)

stuff4ben2y ago

Nice cherry-picking. You can do the same for Airbus. Feel free to search https://drs.faa.gov/search

p_l2y ago

Not cherry picking, simply pointing out that 787 isn't as flawless as painted by some.

A350 has avionics bug requiring regular reboots too. Arguably even more embarassing, because while 787 was Boeing's first AFDX plane, Airbus pretty much invented AFDX for A380

j-a-a-p2y ago

Is 'hull loss' the equivalent of 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' for space travel?

jgwil22y ago

It means any accident that results in the loss of the plane, like a car being totaled.

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p_l2y ago

And an issue where if not regularly rebooted, preferably with staggered (by days) reboots, they lose all power, including instrumentation and controls, after 248 days of uptime.

abadpoli2y ago

The Airbus A350 has almost the exact same issue, but requiring a reboot after only 148 _hours_ or the avionics shut off.

p_l2y ago

Not exact same issue, but one with similar symptoms to the "reboot every 51 days" one for 787.

stuff4ben2y ago

Nice cherry-picking. You can do the same for Airbus. Feel free to search https://drs.faa.gov/search

p_l2y ago

Not cherry picking, simply pointing out that 787 isn't as flawless as painted by some.

A350 has avionics bug requiring regular reboots too. Arguably even more embarassing, because while 787 was Boeing's first AFDX plane, Airbus pretty much invented AFDX for A380

j-a-a-p2y ago

Is 'hull loss' the equivalent of 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' for space travel?

jgwil22y ago

It means any accident that results in the loss of the plane, like a car being totaled.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse