US aviation authority: Boeing 787 bug could cause 'loss of control'
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#86JQ)
More trouble for Dreamliner as Federal Aviation Administration warns glitch in control unit causes generators to shut down if left powered on for 248 days
The US air safety authority has issued a warning and maintenance order over a software bug that causes a complete electric shutdown of Boeing's 787 and potentially "loss of control" of the aircraft.
In the latest of a long line of problems plaguing Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which saw the company's fleet grounded over battery issues and concerns raised over possible hacking vulnerabilities, the new software bug was found in plane's generator-control units.
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