alt Hacker Newsstarting to see some explanations for what's going on
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-temporarily-halts-flights-ac...
> The outage appears to be affecting a telecommunications network overseen by L3Harris Technologies, according to people briefed on the matter. The network handles crucial radio frequencies that air-traffic controllers use to communicate with pilots, the people said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the outage also affected the radar feeds that controllers use to keep aircraft safely separated in the skies.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-st...
> An update to the private communications network that connects America's air traffic control system caused the system to reboot, leading to a crash and a communications outage, multiple sources told CBS News. The system is operated by L3Harris, which did not immediately respond to CBS News' request for comment.
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Apparently the L3Harris CEO was ousted in August in a Jensen-like scandal. It's also the company that was modifying Trump's Qatar corruption plane.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/l3harris-ceo-chris-kubasik-l...
>An update to the private communications network that connects America's air traffic control system caused the system to reboot, leading to a crash and a communications outage
And that's why you never deploy to prod on a Friday.
Reporter: There are reports that this is AI related. Markwayne Mullin: We call it SI. Got it? SI. OK?
We are run by morons.
Who updates on Friday?
> leading to a crash
poor choice of words
Anybody familiar with these systems know why they would do an update like this at 3pm on a Friday? This would be extremely unusual in any software job I have ever had. For commercial aviation specifically which does have pretty well defined peaks and valleys in terms of traffic over the course of a day this seems like an odd time to choose